LOW
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)
Published Sep 14, 2004
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.47%
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).
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.47% 0.00472
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00472
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00472) | 38.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00476) | 37.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2.11% (0.02112) | 83.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 23, 2025 | 0.61% (0.00612) | 68.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.71% (0.01709) | 81.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.19% (0.03191) | 90.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 39.13% (0.39134) | 97.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 53.82% (0.53819) | 97.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 22, 2023 | 87.27% (0.87268) | 98.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 88.24% (0.88245) | 98.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (20)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.6/SCOSA-2006.6.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.17/SCOSA-2004.17.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252253 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000865 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000878 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109353792914900&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11129 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17054 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18377 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-26.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011085 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238678 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:090 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_29_zlib.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.osvdb.org/9360 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.osvdb.org/9361 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11051 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.319160 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2043 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17119 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 14, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Aug 22, 2004
Link CVE-2004-0797
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a