CVE-2003-0107

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0107
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-03-07 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the gzprintf function in zlib 1.1.4, when zlib is compiled without vsnprintf or when long inputs are truncated using vsnprintf, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Zlib Zlib 1.1.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/6599 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
JVN#78689801: BGA32.DLL and QBga32.DLL contain multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvn.jp
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'GLSA: zlib (200303-25)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Mandrakesoft Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesoft.com
# 57405, Free Sun Alert Notifications af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'[sorcerer-spells] ZLIB-SORCERER2003-02-25' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
JVNDB-2015-000066 - JVN iPedia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvndb.jvn.jp
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-004.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org
ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-011.0.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.caldera.com
'Re: buffer overrun in zlib 1.1.4' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Zlib Compression Library gzprintf() Buffer Overrun Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Apple - Lists.apple.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com
'poc zlib sploit just for fun :)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#142121 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com Exploit
ISS X-Force Database:zlib-gzprintf-bo(11381): zlib gzprintf() buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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