CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-4337

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in the make_table function in the LHZ component of gzip 1.3.5. A context-dependent attacker can execute arbitrary code via a crafted decoding table in a GZIP archive.

Risk Assessment

Potential remote code execution in the context of the process handling the archive, which could lead to system compromise.

Recommendation

Update gzip to a version newer than 1.3.5 that includes the fix for this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in the make_table function in the LHZ component in gzip 1.3.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted decoding table in a GZIP archive.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS