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medium 5.0

CVE-2005-2458 json

inflate.c in the zlib routines in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via…

published 2005-08-22 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2459

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

inflate.c in the zlib routines in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a compressed file with "improper tables".

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 3 2.4.21-40.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 3 2.4.21-40.EL
  • kernel-BOOT RHEL 3 2.4.21-40.EL
  • kernel-source RHEL 3 2.4.21-40.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 3 2.4.21-40.EL
  • kernel-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-40.EL
  • kernel-smp-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-40.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-40.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0144RHSA-2006:0101

Vendor advisories

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

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-2458 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 kernel 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-40.EL, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 kernel 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-40.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0144
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0191
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 kernel 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-40.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0144
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0191
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 kernel 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-40.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-40.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0144
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0101
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  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0190

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Exploit prediction

3.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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