7.5
HIGH
CVE-2005-2096
Zlib Denial of Service (DoS) Buffer Overflow
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 6, 2005, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

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

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-2096 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
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2005-2096.

URL Resource
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib.asc
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.6/SCOSA-2006.6.txt
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15949 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17054
http://secunia.com/advisories/17225
http://secunia.com/advisories/17236
http://secunia.com/advisories/17326
http://secunia.com/advisories/17516
http://secunia.com/advisories/18377
http://secunia.com/advisories/18406
http://secunia.com/advisories/18507
http://secunia.com/advisories/19550
http://secunia.com/advisories/19597
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788
http://secunia.com/advisories/31492
http://secunia.com/advisories/32706
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-05.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014398 Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101989-1 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-016.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-740 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-797 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1026
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-18.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/680620 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:112
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:196
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:070
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-569.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421411/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482503/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482505/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482571/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482601/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482949/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482950/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14162 Patch
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-151-3
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3616065-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9916286-patch.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0978
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0144
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162391 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162680 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24064
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11500
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1262
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1542
https://usn.ubuntu.com/148-1/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-2096 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-2096 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:zlib:zlib:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:zlib:zlib:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/482950/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/482503/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/421411/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/482949/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/482571/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/482601/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/482505/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482950/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482949/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482601/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482571/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482505/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482503/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421411/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-148-1 [Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/148-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1262 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1542 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11500 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1542 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1262 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11500 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/24064 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24064 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 07, 2005

    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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-2096 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-2096 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

5.48 }} -0.41%

score

0.93221

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability