WID-SEC-W-2026-0435

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zlib: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

view advisory published 2026-02-17

Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in zlib ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

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Related CVEs.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2026-27171USmedium5.5—
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.
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