CVE-2002-0059
Scores
EPSS
Percentile: 29.9%
CVSS
CVSS Score: 7.0/10
All CVSS Scores
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vector Breakdown
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vector provides detailed metrics about vulnerability characteristics
CVSS
Attack Vector
Local (L)
Describes how the vulnerability is exploited
Attack Complexity
High (H)
Describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control
Privileges Required
None (N)
Describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess
User Interaction
Required (R)
Captures the requirement for a human user participation
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Determines if a successful attack impacts components beyond the vulnerable component
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to the confidentiality of information
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability
Availability Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vector Breakdown
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vector provides detailed metrics about vulnerability characteristics
CVSS
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Describes how the vulnerability is exploited
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control
Authentication
None (N)
Describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Measures the impact to the confidentiality of information
Integrity Impact
Partial
Measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability
Availability Impact
Partial
Measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component
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.
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Recommendations
Source: nvd
Upgrade your version of zlibThe maintainers of zlib have released version 1.1.4 to address this vulnerability. Any software that is linked to or derived from an earlier version of zlib should be upgraded immediately. The latest version of zlib is available at http://www.zlib.org.These are the MD5 checksums for zlib version 1.1.4: abc405d0bdd3ee22782d7aa20e440f08 zlib-1.1.4.tar.gz9bf1d36ced334b0cf1f996f5c8171018 zlib114.zip The maintainers of zlib have published an advisory regarding this issue; for further information, please see http://www.gzip.org/zlib/advisory-2002-03-11.txt Apply a patch from your vendorThe zlib compression library is freely available and used by many vendors in a wide variety of applications. Any one of these applications may contain vulnerabilities that are introduced by this vulnerability. For the most recent information available to the CERT/CC, please see the vendor section of this document.
Vulnerable Software (1)
Type: Configuration
Vendor: zlib
Product: zlib
Operating System: * * *
{ "cpe_match": [ { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:zlib:zlib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndIncluding": "1.1.3", "vulnerable": true } ], "operator": "OR"}
Source: nvd