Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ckolivas/lrzip package, versions [,0.640)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.36% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CKOLIVASLRZIP-2367343
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 May 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 May 2017

CVE-2017-8845  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ckolivas/lrzip to version 0.640 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The lzo1x_decompress function in lzo1x_d.ch in LZO 2.08, as used in lrzip 0.631, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted archive.

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