, a ubiquitous, general-purpose data compression library. Released on October 13, 2022, this specific version was a critical security update primarily designed to fix a severe heap-based buffer overflow. Technical Overview Package Name zlib-1.2.13.tar.xz Release Date : October 13, 2022 : A Tarball ( ) compressed using the XZ algorithm ( ), which provides high compression ratios for distribution. Primary Purpose
: Depending on the challenge, this overflow is used to overwrite a function pointer or a return address to gain a shell or leak the contents of a Technical Details Vulnerability Type : Heap-based Buffer Overflow. Affected Function inflateGetHeader() Root Cause zlib1213tarxz
make distclean ./configure make