CVE-2009-2624
The huft_build function in inflate.c in gzip before 1.3.13 creates a hufts (aka huffman) table that is too small, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or
02 Description
The huft_build function in inflate.c in gzip before 1.3.13 creates a hufts (aka huffman) table that is too small, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-01-29 18:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-07-28
- Assigning CNA
- certcc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4e0712761e1d382a594bc5cfb7bc6d4aab871e30b435dae514ea997513c02700
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0185http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0185
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-889-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514711
- article.gmane.org[bug-gzip] 20091002 gzip-1.3.13 released [major]http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.gzip.bugs/258
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1974http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:020http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=39a362ae9d9b007473381dba5032f4dfc1744cf2
- secunia.com38223http://secunia.com/advisories/38223
- secunia.com38132http://secunia.com/advisories/38132
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
- secunia.com38232http://secunia.com/advisories/38232
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507263
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gzip Fixed in 1.3.12-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gzip Fixed in 1.3.12-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gzip Fixed in 1.3.12-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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