VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-2624

CVSS score6.8 NONE
EPSS probability4.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-01-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The huft_build function in inflate.c in gzip before 1.3.13 creates a hufts (aka huffman) table that is too small, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or infinite loop) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive. NOTE: this issue is caused by a CVE-2006-4334 regression.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Primary references