Vulnerability Database

290,476

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2005-2459

The huft_build function in inflate.c in the zlib routines in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 returns the wrong value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a certain compressed file that leads to a null pointer dereference, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2458.

  • Published: Aug 23, 2005
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2005-2459
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11-rc3 2.6.11-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.8.1.5 2.6.8.1.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11 2.6.11.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12-rc1 2.6.12-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12-rc4 2.6.12-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.2 2.6.11.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.5 2.6.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.1 2.6.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.8 2.6.11.8.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11_rc1_bk6 2.6.11_rc1_bk6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.10 2.6.10.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.6 2.6.11.6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0-test5 2.6.0-test5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.3 2.6.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0-test2 2.6.0-test2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.4 2.6.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6_test9_cvs 2.6_test9_cvs.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.5 2.6.11.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.7-rc1 2.6.7-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.2 2.6.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.8-rc1 2.6.8-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0-test11 2.6.0-test11.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.1-rc2 2.6.1-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11-rc4 2.6.11-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.8 2.6.8.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0-test1 2.6.0-test1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0-test6 2.6.0-test6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.10-rc2 2.6.10-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0-test4 2.6.0-test4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0 2.6.0.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0-test10 2.6.0-test10.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0-test9 2.6.0-test9.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.3 2.6.11.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.7 2.6.7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11-rc2 2.6.11-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.1-rc1 2.6.1-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.6-rc1 2.6.6-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.9-2.6.20 2.6.9-2.6.20.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.7 2.6.11.7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0-test7 2.6.0-test7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.8.1 2.6.8.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.8-rc2 2.6.8-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.8-rc3 2.6.8-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.4 2.6.11.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0-test8 2.6.0-test8.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.1 2.6.11.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.6 2.6.6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0-test3 2.6.0-test3.x
debian / debian_linux 3.1 3.1.x