An error in the handling of corrupt compressed data streams can result in a buffer being overflowed.
By carefully crafting a corrupt compressed data stream, an attacker can overwrite data structures in a zlib-using application. This may cause the application to halt, causing a denial of service; or it may result in the attacker gaining elevated privileges.
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