CVE-2026-27171

Description

A flaw was found in zlib. An attacker providing specially crafted input to the crc32_combine64 or crc32_combine_gen64 functions could trigger an infinite loop within the x2nmodp function. This leads to excessive CPU consumption, which can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.

Statement

This vulnerability is rated as Low. The primary impact is excessive CPU consumption, which can result in a denial of service (DoS) if the zlib process is not terminated and the infinite loop is allowed to run.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score3.35.52.9
Attack VectorLocalLocalLocal
Attack ComplexityLowLowHigh
Privileges RequiredLowLowNone
User InteractionNoneNoneNone
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedUnchanged
ConfidentialityNoneNoneNone
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneNone
Availability ImpactLowHighLow

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-835

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU); DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory); DoS: Amplification

An infinite loop will cause unexpected consumption of resources, such as CPU cycles or memory. The software's operation may slow down, or cause a long time to respond.

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