CVE-2005-2459

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

The huft_build function in inflate.c in the zlib routines in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 returns the wrong value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a certain compressed file that leads to a null pointer dereference, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2458.

References (16)

[Third Party Advisory] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584

[Vendor Advisory] http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5

[Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/

[Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/16500

[Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/17826

[Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/17918

[Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/18056

[Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/18059

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922

[Broken Link] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0531

EPSS Percentile 89.9%

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

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linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

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linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

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Timeline

Published Aug 23, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026