Name
zlib
Version
1.3.1
Type
library
Description
Zlib Compression Library
Licenses
Zlib
PURL
-
CPE
cpe:2.3:*:zlib:zlib:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Other Versions#
Patches#
#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
configure: Pass LDFLAGS to link tests
Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
2
Check for negative lengths in crc32_combine functions.
Mark Adler <git@madler.net>
CVE-2026-27171
Vulnerabilities#
Name
Analysis
Description
Patched
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.
False Positive
zlib versions up to and including 1.3.1.2 include a global buffer overflow in the untgz utility located under contrib/untgz. The vulnerability is limited to the standalone demonstration utility and does not affect the core zlib compression library. The flaw occurs when a user executes the untgz command with an excessively long archive name supplied via the command line, leading to an out-of-bounds write in a fixed-size global buffer.