Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0059

RCE

Title: zlib inflateEnd double free RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-0059.

CWE Category CWE-415
Published Date Mar 15, 2002
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
28.52%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0059: 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.

Impacted Vendors

Z
zlib 1
C
cloudflare 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-015.1.txt http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000469 http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:022 http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-014.1.txt http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-07.html http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-122 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/368819 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-023.php http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-024.php3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-026.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-027.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4267 http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-030 http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-036 http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-037 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8427 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-015.1.txt http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000469 http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:022 http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-014.1.txt http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-07.html http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-122 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/368819 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-023.php http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-024.php3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-026.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-027.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4267 http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-030 http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-036 http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-037 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8427
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0059 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.