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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-2459 Detail

Current 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/ CVE, MITRE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/16500 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2459
NVD Published Date:
08/23/2005
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE