CVE-2008-1678

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Memory leak in the zlib_stateful_init function in crypto/comp/c_zlib.c in libssl in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via multiple calls, as demonstrated by initial SSL client handshakes to the Apache HTTP Server mod_ssl that specify a compression algorithm.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 10, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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