Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU36999

Infinite loop in miniz - CVE-2018-12913

Published: June 27, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU36999

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12913

CWE-ID: CWE-835

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: richgel999

Affected software:
miniz

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

In Miniz 2.0.7, tinfl_decompress in miniz_tinfl.c has an infinite loop because sym2 and counter can both remain equal to zero.

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