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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-1849

inftrees.h in zlib 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid file that causes a large dynamic tree to be produced.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 4.08%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

inftrees.h in zlib 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid file that causes a large dynamic tree to be produced.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
4.08% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
zlib/zlib
Source
security@debian.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.