The decompression algorithm in zlib 1.1.3 and earlier, as used in many different utilities and packages, causes inflateEnd to release certain memory more than once (a "double free"), which may allow local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a block of malformed compression data.
                
            References
                    Configurations
                    History
                    No history.
Information
                Published : 2002-03-15 05:00
Updated : 2024-02-02 15:16
NVD link : CVE-2002-0059
Mitre link : CVE-2002-0059
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2002-0059
JSON object : View
Products Affected
                zlib
- zlib
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-415
                        
            Double Free
