Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's zlib Routines

CVE-2005-2458 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

inflate.c in the zlib routines in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a compressed file with "improper tables".

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