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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-2096 json

zlib 1.2 and later versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted compressed stream with an incomplete…

published 2005-07-06 21 y ago modified 2026-07-14 3 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2097

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.6%
EPSS 5.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Siemens CADRA V2511
  • rpm Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.4-31.1
  • aide Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.10-6.1.1
  • dpkg Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.13.11
  • dump Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.4b40-1
  • sash Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.7-6
  • zlib Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.2.2-7
  • pvpgn Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.7.8-2
  • zsync Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.4.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2096

  • zlib RHEL 4 1.2.1.2-1.1
  • rhn-solaris-bootstrap network satellite 5.1 5.1.1-3
  • rhn_solaris_bootstrap_5_1_1_3 network satellite 5.1 1-0
  • rhn-solaris-bootstrap network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 5.0.2-3
  • rhn_solaris_bootstrap_5_0_2_3 network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 1-0

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:569RHSA-2008:0629RHSA-2008:0525RHSA-2008:0264

  • httrack openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.48.22-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10580-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-26-202-06 updated cvss 7.3

Siemens CADRA

  • Siemens CADRA < 2511
    affected: fixed in V2511

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-2096 updated

zlib DoS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 zlib 1.2.1.2-1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 zlib 1.2.1.2-1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 zlib 1.2.1.2-1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 zlib 1.2.1.2-1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:569
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.0 (RHEL v.4 AS) rhn-solaris-bootstrap 5.0.2-3, rhn_solaris_bootstrap_5_0_2_3 1-0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0264
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) rhn-solaris-bootstrap 5.1.1-3, rhn_solaris_bootstrap_5_1_1_3 1-0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0629
  • Red Hat Satellite v 4.2 (RHEL v.3 AS) rhn-solaris-bootstrap 5.0.2-3, rhn_solaris_bootstrap_5_0_2_3 1-0 Red Hat Satellite v 4.2 (RHEL v.4 AS) rhn-solaris-bootstrap 5.0.2-3, rhn_solaris_bootstrap_5_0_2_3 1-0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0525

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Siemens CADRA

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.