CVE-2002-0059

EUVD-2002-0059 · Published Mar 15, 2002

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.

Technologies

Zlib Zlib

Weaknesses

CWE-415

CVSS scores

v3.19.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
v2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

MITRE ATT&CK

Inferred

Where this vulnerability fits in an attack

ReconImpact

Initial Access

T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application

References

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-015.1.txt
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000469
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:022
http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-014.1.txt
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-07.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-122

Potentially impacted assets

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