# CVE-2002-0059

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2002-0059
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 1.33
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Jun 25, 2002
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## Description

The decompression algorithm in zlib 1.1.3 and earlier, as used in many different utilities and packages, causes inflateEnd to release certain memory more than once (a "double free"), which may allow local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a block of malformed compression data.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-07.html)
- [CNA](http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:022)
- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4267)
- [CNA](https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8427)
- [CNA](http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-030)
- [CNA](http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000469)
- [CNA](http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-023.php)
- [CNA](http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-122)
- [CNA](ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-015.1.txt)
- [CNA](http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-024.php3)
- [CNA](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/368819)
- [CNA](http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-027.html)
- [CNA](http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-014.1.txt)
- [CNA](http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-036)
- [CNA](http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-026.html)
- [CNA](http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-037)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 33.22%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 96.8

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._