Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size Affecting xz-libs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-XZLIBS-15943930
  • published8 Apr 2026
  • disclosed2 Apr 2026

Introduced: 2 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-34743  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-131  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 xz-libs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xz-libs package and not the xz-libs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

XZ Utils provide a general-purpose data-compression library plus command-line tools. Prior to version 5.8.3, if lzma_index_decoder() was used to decode an Index that contained no Records, the resulting lzma_index was left in a state where where a subsequent lzma_index_append() would allocate too little memory, and a buffer overflow would occur. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.3.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1