CVE-2005-2458: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

inflate.c in the zlib routines in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a compressed file with "improper tables".

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.3 only; version 2.6.4 only; version 2.6.5 only; …

Published 2005-08-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.