CVE-2002-0059
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 25, 2002 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorZlib
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%
Description
The decompression algorithm in zlib 1.1.3 and earlier, as used in many different utilities and packages, causes inflateEnd to release certain memory more than once (a "double free"), which may allow local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a block of malformed compression data.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-015.1.txt
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000469
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:022
- http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-014.1.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-122
References (16)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-015.1.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000469Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:022Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-014.1.txtThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-07.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-122Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/368819Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEBroken LinkPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-023.phpCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-415
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