← Database

CVE-2008-1678

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2008-07-10 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Openssl Openssl

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References