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Fencer Vulns
low 2.1

CVE-2004-0797 json

The error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack functions in ZLib compression library 1.2.x allows local users to cause a denial…

published 2004-09-14 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0795

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack functions in ZLib compression library 1.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash).

Patch / fix

  • zlib Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.2.1.1-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0797

  • httrack openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.48.22-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10580-1

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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