VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-2458
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.96%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-08-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
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".