zlib 1.2 and later versions allows remote attackers to...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 3, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 1, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jul 6, 2005
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 3, 2022
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
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.
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