VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-2096
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability5.63%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-07-06
Last modified2026-07-14
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.