CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-2624

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2010-01-29 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-01-29
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

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.

Affected configurations

• gnu gzip (<= 1.3.12) • gnu gzip 1.2.4 • gnu gzip 1.2.4a • gnu gzip 1.3 • gnu gzip 1.3.1 • gnu gzip 1.3.2 • gnu gzip 1.3.3 • gnu gzip 1.3.4 • gnu gzip 1.3.5 • gnu gzip 1.3.6 • gnu gzip 1.3.7 • gnu gzip 1.3.8 • gnu gzip 1.3.9 • gnu gzip 1.3.10 • gnu gzip 1.3.11

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References