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CVE-2023-6992

MEDIUM
4.0CVSS
Published: 2024-01-04
Updated: 2024-11-21
AI Analysis

Description

Cloudflare version of zlib library was found to be vulnerable to memory corruption issues affecting the deflation algorithm implementation (deflate.c). The issues resulted from improper input validation and heap-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could exploit the problem during compression using a crafted malicious file potentially leading to denial of service of the software. Patches: The issue has been patched in commit 8352d10 https://github.com/cloudflare/zlib/commit/8352d108c05db1bdc5ac3bdf834dad641694c13c . The upstream repository is not affected.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
high
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
low
Availability
low
Weaknesses
CWE-20CWE-122CWE-126CWE-787

Metadata

Primary Vendor
CLOUDFLARE
Published
1/4/2024
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

cloudflare : zlib

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