CVE-2005-2096 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2005-2096

zlib 1.2 and later versions allows remote attackers to cause...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

zlib
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2

Timeline

Official Publish: July 6th, 2005
Last Modified: July 14th, 2026
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.