CVE-2005-2096

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 06 Jul 2005, 04:00
Last modified:14 Jul 2026, 11:44

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
5.48% LOW
5% probability -37.56%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Jul 2005, 04:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
14 Jul 2026, 11:44
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 5.48%• Percentile: 92%

Affected Systems

  • zlib•zlib

    1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2

References (57)