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CVE-2009-2624

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
29/01/2010
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The huft_build function in inflate.c in gzip before 1.3.13 creates a hufts (aka huffman) table that is too small, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or infinite loop) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive. NOTE: this issue is caused by a CVE-2006-4334 regression.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.3.12 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.2.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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