CVE-2002-0059
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 25, 2002
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 7, 2002
Description
The decompression algorithm in zlib 1.1.3 and earlier, as used in many different utilities and packages, causes inflateEnd to release certain memory more than once (a "double free"), which may allow local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a block of malformed compression data.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- CA-2002-07third-party-advisory
- MDKSA-2002:022vendor-advisory
- 4267vdb-entry
- zlib-doublefree-memory-corruption(8427)vdb-entry
- HPSBTL0204-030vendor-advisory
- CLA-2002:469vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2002:023vendor-advisory
- DSA-122vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2002:024vendor-advisory
- VU#368819third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2002:027vendor-advisory
- CSSA-2002-014.1vendor-advisory
- HPSBTL0204-036vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2002:026vendor-advisory
- HPSBTL0204-037vendor-advisory
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