CVE-2009-2624
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD
The huft_build function in inflate.c in gzip before 1.3.13 creates a hufts (aka huffman) table that is too small, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or infinite loop) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive. NOTE: this issue is caused by a CVE-2006-4334 regression.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2619)
- Published
- January 29, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2619 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
- gnu / gzip
References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.gzip.bugs/258
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507263
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=39a362ae9d9b007473381dba5032f4dfc1744cf2
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38132(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38223(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38232(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0185
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514711
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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