Out-of-bounds Write Affecting lz4 package, versions <0.0~r131-2ubuntu3.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LZ4-1278679
  • published21 May 2021
  • disclosed2 Jun 2021

Introduced: 21 May 2021

CVE-2021-3520  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 lz4 to version 0.0~r131-2ubuntu3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lz4 package and not the lz4 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

There's a flaw in lz4. An attacker who submits a crafted file to an application linked with lz4 may be able to trigger an integer overflow, leading to calling of memmove() on a negative size argument, causing an out-of-bounds write and/or a crash. The greatest impact of this flaw is to availability, with some potential impact to confidentiality and integrity as well.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1