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CVE-2005-2096
UNKNOWN · CVSS n/a
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2005-07-06T04:00:00.000 · Last modified 2026-07-14T12:16:44.270

Summary

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.

Affected products

zlib — zlib

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References

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