2.1
LOW
CVE-2004-0797
ZLib Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

The error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack functions in ZLib compression library 1.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash).

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 20, 2004, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

June 22, 2022, 4:40 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2004-0797 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Zlib zlib

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2004-0797 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:zlib:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:zlib:zlib:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17119 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17119 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109353792914900&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109353792914900&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 01, 2004

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

39.13 }} -14.68%

score

0.97147

percentile

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