CVE-2005-2096

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    CVE-2005-2096

    Published: 6 Jul 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: zlib 1.2 and later versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted compressed stream with an incomplete code description of a length greater than 1, which leads to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using a crafted PNG file.

    References: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib.asc, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/15949, http://secunia.com/advisories/17054, http://secunia.com/advisories/17225, http://secunia.com/advisories/17236, http://secunia.com/advisories/17326, http://secunia.com/advisories/17516, http://secunia.com/advisories/18377, http://secunia.com/advisories/18406, http://secunia.com/advisories/18507, http://secunia.com/advisories/19550, http://secunia.com/advisories/19597, http://secunia.com/advisories/24788, http://secunia.com/advisories/31492, http://secunia.com/advisories/32706, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-05.xml, http://securitytracker.com/id?1014398, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101989-1, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-740, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-797, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1026, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-18.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/680620, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:112, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:196, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:070, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-569.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0978, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0144, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162391, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162680, http://secunia.com/advisories/15949, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-05.xml, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101989-1, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-740, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-797, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-18.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-569.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14162, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.6/SCOSA-2006.6.txt, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-016.htm, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/680620, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421411/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482503/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482505/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482571/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482601/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482949/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482950/100/0/threaded, http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-151-3, http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3616065-patch.html, http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9916286-patch.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24064, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11500, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1262, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1542, https://usn.ubuntu.com/148-1/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High