CVE-2002-0059

critical

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8427

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/368819

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-07.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-03-15

Updated: 2024-11-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical