CVE-2005-2459
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…
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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…
slocate before 2.7 does not properly process very long paths, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (updatedb exit and incomplete slocate database) via a certain crafted directory str…
Buffer overflow in the Log-SCR function in the "Log to Screen" feature in WinFtp Server 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary c…
Buffer overflow in Chris Moneymaker's World Poker Championship 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long nickname.
Buffer overflow in JaguarEditControl.dll in Isemarket JaguarControl allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Jtext field.
Unknown vulnerability in Xerox MicroServer Web Server in Document Centre 220 through 265, 332 and 340, 420 through 490, and 535 through 555 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or rea…
Unknown vulnerability in Computer Associates (CA) Message Queuing (CAM / CAFT) 1.05, 1.07 before Build 220_13, and 1.11 before Build 29_13 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown ve…
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that refe…
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in CoreFoundation in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted Gregorian dates.
CUPS in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 does not properly close file descriptors when handling multiple simultaneous print jobs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (printing halt).
CUPS in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending a partial IPP request and closing the connection.
Apple Safari 1.3 (132) on Mac OS X 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain Javascript, possibly involving a function that defines a handler for itself within th…
xpdf and kpdf do not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a PDF file with a "broken" loca table, whic…
The AIM/ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a filename that contains invalid UTF-8 characters.
Buffer overflow in the AIM and ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an away message with a…
Buffer overflow in a "core application plug-in" for Adobe Reader 5.1 through 7.0.2 and Acrobat 5.0 through 7.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary c…
MySQL, when running on Windows, allows remote authenticated users with insert privileges on the mysql.func table to cause a denial of service (server hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1)…
Wyse Winterm 1125SE running firmware 4.2.09f or 4.4.061f allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a packet with a zero in the IP option length field.
Grandstream BudgeTone 101 and 102 running firmware 1.0.6.7 and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang or reboot) via a large UDP packet to port 5…
Mentor ADSL-FR4II router running firmware 2.00.0111 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (active TCP connections state table consumption) via a large number of connections, such as a…
vlan_dev.c in the VLAN code for Linux kernel 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel oops from null dereference) via certain UDP packets that lead to a function call with t…
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Evolution 1.5 through 2.3.6.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) full vCard data, (2) co…
Format string vulnerability in Evolution 1.4 through 2.3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the calendar entries such as task lis…
Buffer overflow in dhost.exe in iMonitor for Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 on Windows allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and obtain access to files via unknown vectors.
The find_target function in ptrace32.c in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.29 does not properly handle a NULL return value from another function, which allows local users to cause a denial of servic…
The Microsoft Windows kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted Remote Desktop Protocol (RD…
Unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 domain controllers allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted Kerberos…
Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference cer…
Unknown vulnerability in the LDAP dissector in Ethereal 0.8.5 through 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (free static memory and application crash) via unknown attack vector…
Unknown vulnerability in the (1) AgentX dissector, (2) PER dissector, (3) DOCSIS dissector, (4) SCTP graphs, (5) HTTP dissector, (6) DCERPC, (7) DHCP, (8) RADIUS dissector, (9) Telnet dissector, (10)…
Unknown vulnerability several dissectors in Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by reassembling certain packets.
Unknown vulnerability in the (1) SMPP dissector, (2) 802.3 dissector, (3) DHCP, (4) MEGACO dissector, or (5) H1 dissector in Ethereal 0.8.15 through 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
Unknown vulnerability in the (1) GIOP dissector, (2) WBXML, or (3) CAMEL dissector in Ethereal 0.8.20 through 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via cert…
Unknown vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a buffer overflow or a denial of service (memory consumption) via unknown attack vectors.
Unknown vulnerability in the BER dissector in Ethereal 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort or infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.
FlatNuke 2.5.5 and possibly earlier versions allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) a null byte or (2) an MS-DOS device name such as AUX, CON, PRN, COM1, or LPT1 in the mod p…
Buffer overflow in the xdr_xcode_array2 function in xdr.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12, as used in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly exe…
Unknown vulnerability in Sun McData switches and directors 4300, 4500, 6064, and 6140 before E/OS 6.0.0 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity and array access loss) via a net…
Off-by-one error in the mod_ssl Certificate Revocation List (CRL) verification callback in Apache, when configured to use a CRL, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child process cr…
Linux kernel 2.6 and 2.4 on the IA64 architecture allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via ptrace and the restore_sigcontext function.
traps.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 2.4.x executes stack segment faults on an exception stack, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops and stack fault exception).
Multiple buffer overflows in BusinessMail 4.60.00 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string to SMTP (1) HELO or (2) MAIL FROM commands.
Quick 'n Easy FTP Server 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or CPU consumption) via a long USER command.
Array index overflow in the xfrm_sk_policy_insert function in xfrm_user.c in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops or deadlock) and possibly execute arbitrary code vi…
RPC portmapper (rpcbind) in SCO UnixWare 7.1.1 m5, 7.1.3 mp5, and 7.1.4 mp2 allows remote attackers or local users to cause a denial of service (lack of response) via multiple invalid portmap request…
Race condition in the xpcom library, as used by web browsers such as Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, and Galeon, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large HTML…
FTPshell Server 3.38 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) by multiple connections and disconnections without using the QUIT command.
Multiple "endianness errors" in libgadu in ekg before 1.6rc2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid behavior in applications) on big-endian systems.
Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 and IOS XR before 3.2, with IPv6 enabled, allows remote attackers on a local network segment to cause a denial of service (device reload) and possibly execute arbitrary co…
libtiff up to 3.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a TIFF image header with a zero "YCbCr subsampling" value, which causes a divide-by-zero error in (1)…
The ptrace call in the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.10 for the AMD64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a "non-canonical" address.
Buffer overflow in the POP3 client in Fetchmail before 6.2.5.2 allows remote POP3 servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long UIDL responses. NOTE: a typo in an…
NDMP server in Veritas NetBackup 5.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a CONFIG message with an out-of-range timestamp, which triggers a null dereference.
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in ProFTPD before 1.3.0rc2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information via (1) certain inputs to the shutdown message from ftps…
inftrees.h in zlib 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid file that causes a large dynamic tree to be produced.
Multiple integer overflows in libgadu, as used in Kopete in KDE 3.2.3 to 3.4.1, ekg before 1.6rc3, GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Multiple integer signedness errors in libgadu, as used in ekg before 1.6rc2 and other packages, may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
Multiple "memory alignment errors" in libgadu, as used in ekg before 1.6rc2, Gaim before 1.5.0, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bus error) on certain archite…
Format string vulnerability in Race Driver 1.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in a (1) nickname or (2) chat message.
Buffer overflow in Race Driver 1.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long (1) nickname or (2) chat message.
nss_ldap 181 to versions before 213, as used in Mandrake Corporate Server and Mandrake 10.0, and other operating systems, does not properly handle a SIGPIPE signal when sending a search request to an…
Sophos Anti-Virus 5.0.1, with "Scan inside archive files" enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a Bzip2 archive with a large 'Extra fiel…
PowerDNS before 2.9.18, when running with an LDAP backend, does not properly escape LDAP queries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failure to answer ldap questions) and pos…
Microsoft MSN Messenger 9.0 and Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an image with an ICC Profile with a large Tag Count.
DG Remote Control Server 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or CPU consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long message to TCP port 1071 or 1073, possibl…
netman.dll in Microsoft Windows Connections Manager Library allows local users to cause a denial of service (Network Connections Service crash) via a large integer argument to a particular function,…
The JPEG decoder in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain crafted JPEG images, as…
Opera 8.01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted JPEG image, as demonstrated using random.jpg.
MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3 through 1.4.1 Key Distribution Center (KDC) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain valid TCP connection that causes a free of…
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execut…
Apple Darwin Streaming Server 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a URL with a filename containing a .cgi extension and an MS-DOS device name…
Cisco ONS 15216 Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (OADM) running firmware 2.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (management plane session loss) via crafted telnet data.
Cisco Security Agent (CSA) 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted IP packet.
WebEOC before 6.0.2 does not properly restrict the size of an uploaded file, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (system and database resource consumption) via a larg…
SoftiaCom wMailServer 1.0 and 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large TCP packet with a leading space, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
NetPanzer 0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet with a zero datablock size.
Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calli…
Unknown vulnerability in the SMTP service in MailEnable Standard before 1.9 and Professional before 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) during authentication.
aspnet_wp.exe in Microsoft ASP.NET web services allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from infinite loop) via a crafted SOAP message to an RPC/Encoded method.
Microsoft MSN Messenger allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a plaintext message containing the ".pif" string, which is interpreted as a malicious file extension and causes users…
ftpd in IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (port exhaustion and memory consumption) by using all ephemeral ports.
oftpd 0.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a USER command with a large number of null (\0) characters.
Cisco CallManager (CCM) 3.2 and earlier, 3.3 before 3.3(5), 4.0 before 4.0(2a)SR2b, and 4.1 4.1 before 4.1(3)SR1 does not quickly time out Realtime Information Server Data Collection (RISDC) sockets,…
Cisco CallManager (CCM) 3.2 and earlier, 3.3 before 3.3(5), 4.0 before 4.0(2a)SR2b, and 4.1 4.1 before 4.1(3)SR1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and restart)…
Memory leak in inetinfo.exe in Cisco CallManager (CCM) 3.2 and earlier, 3.3 before 3.3(5), 4.0 before 4.0(2a)SR2b, and 4.1 4.1 before 4.1(3)SR1, when Multi Level Admin (MLA) is enabled, allows remote…
Race condition in the ia32 compatibility code for the execve system call in Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.31 and 2.6 before 2.6.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and poss…
The dhcpcd DHCP client before 1.3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unknown vectors that cause an out-of-bounds memory read.
The LCF component (lcfd) in IBM Tivoli Management Framework Endpoint allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process exit and connection loss) by connecting to LCF and ending the connec…
Net-SNMP 5.0.x before 5.0.10.2, 5.2.x before 5.2.1.2, and 5.1.3, when net-snmp is using stream sockets such as TCP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang and CPU consumpti…
Unknown vulnerability in the MicroServer Web Server for Xerox WorkCentre Pro Color 2128, 2636, and 3545, version 0.001.04.044 through 0.001.04.504, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or acc…
PrivaShare 1.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed message.
zlib 1.2 and later versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted compressed stream with an incomplete code description of a length greater than 1, which leads to…
mshftp.dll in PlanetDNS PlanetFileServer 2.0.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long request.
The MS-Expand file handling in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.86 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor and memory consumption) via a crafted file that causes repeate…
The ENSURE_BITS macro in mszipd.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.83, and other versions vefore 0.86, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a cabin…
GoodTech SMTP Server 5.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a RCPT TO command with an invalid argument, as demonstrated using an "A" character.
Format string vulnerability in IMAP4 in IA eMailServer Corporate Edition 5.2.2 build 1051 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a LIST command with format strin…
Buffer overflow in Inframail Advantage Server Edition 6.0 through 6.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a long (1) SMTP FROM field or possibly (2) FTP NLST comm…
Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 up to 6 on various Windows operating systems, including IE 6.0.2900.2180 on Windows XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibl…
Mozilla 1.7.8, Firefox 1.0.4, Camino 0.8.4, Netscape 8.0.2, and K-Meleon 0.9, and possibly other products that use the Gecko engine, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application c…
Soldier of Fortune II 1.02x and 1.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a large ID value in the ignore command, which is used as an array index and causes an out-…
The (1) clcs and (2) emuxki drivers in NetBSD 1.6 through 2.0.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) by using the set-parameters ioctl on an audio device to change the block…
TCP Chat 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string to the chat service, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
Microsoft Front Page allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted style tag in a web page.
The Quantum archive decompressor in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.86.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Quantum archive.
The ClamAV Mail fILTER (clamav-milter) 0.84 through 0.85d, when used in Sendmail using long timeouts, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by keeping an open connection, which prevent…
BisonFTP Server V4R1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via an invalid command with a long argument.
VERITAS Backup Exec 9.0 through 10.0 for Windows Servers, and 9.0.4019 through 9.1.307 for Netware, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Remote Agent crash) via (1) a crafted packet…
Vipul Razor Agents (razor-agents) before 2.70 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) certain "unusual HTML messages" or (2) "certain malformed headers" such as Content-Type.
The mmap function in the Linux Kernel 2.6.10 can be used to create memory maps with a start address beyond the end address, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash).
Gaim before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a Yahoo! message with non-ASCII characters in a file name.
Apache SpamAssassin 3.0.1, 3.0.2, and 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and slowdown) via a message with a long Content-Type header without any boundaries.
Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a URL containing an MS-DOS device name such as AUX, CON, PRN, COM1, or LPT1.
The bgp_update_print function in tcpdump 3.x does not properly handle a -1 return value from the decode_prefix4 function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) vi…
The GIF parser in ateimg32.dll in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.9.3797 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed buddy icon that causes an integer under…
FlatNuke 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information via (1) a direct request to foot_news.php, which triggers an infinite loop, or (2) direct requests…
Rakkarsoft RakNet network library 2.33 and earlier, when released before 30 May 2005, and as used in multiple products including nFusion Elite Warriors: Vietnam, allows remote attackers to cause a de…
The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.11.2 and earlier can hang while waiting for input that never arrives, which allows remote NNTP servers to cause a denial of service (news loss).
ptrace in Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 does not properly verify addresses on the amd64 platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash).
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 6.0.2900.2180 and 6.0.2800.1106, and earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a Javascript BODY…