Description
Cloudflare version of zlib library was found to be vulnerable to memory corruption issues affecting the deflation algorithm implementation (deflate.c). The issues resulted from improper input validation and heap-based buffer overflow.
A local attacker could exploit the problem during compression using a crafted malicious file potentially leading to denial of service of the software.
Patches: The issue has been patched in commit 8352d10 https://github.com/cloudflare/zlib/commit/8352d108c05db1bdc5ac3bdf834dad641694c13c . The upstream repository is not affected.
Published: 2024-01-04
Score: 4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-59184 Cloudflare version of zlib library was found to be vulnerable to memory corruption issues affecting the deflation algorithm implementation (deflate.c). The issues resulted from improper input validation and heap-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could exploit the problem during compression using a crafted malicious file potentially leading to denial of service of the software. Patches: The issue has been patched in commit 8352d10 https://github.com/cloudflare/zlib/commit/8352d108c05db1bdc5ac3bdf834dad641694c13c . The upstream repository is not affected.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cloudflare

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-06T18:16:58.376Z

Reserved: 2023-12-20T10:48:40.396Z

Link: CVE-2023-6992

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Updated: 2024-08-02T08:50:07.582Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-04T12:15:23.690

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:44:59.467

Link: CVE-2023-6992

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