FKIE_CVE-2026-27171

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-18 04:16 - Updated: 2026-02-20 16:45
Severity ?
2.9 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
zlib before 1.3.2 allows CPU consumption via crc32_combine64 and crc32_combine_gen64 because x2nmodp can do right shifts within a loop that has no termination condition.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://7asecurity.com/blog/2026/02/zlib-7asecurity-audit/Product
cve@mitre.orghttps://7asecurity.com/reports/pentest-report-zlib-RC1.1.pdfTechnical Description
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/madler/zlib/issues/904Issue Tracking, Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/madler/zlib/releases/tag/v1.3.2Release Notes
cve@mitre.orghttps://ostif.org/zlib-audit-complete/Product
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://7asecurity.com/reports/pentest-report-zlib-RC1.1.pdfTechnical Description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
zlib zlib *
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  "lastModified": "2026-02-20T16:45:28.827",
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