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CVE-2021-3520: Out-of-bounds Write

June 2, 2021 (updated November 7, 2023)

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.

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954559
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3520

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

Version 1.8.3

Fixed versions

  • 1.9.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.9.2 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Source file

conan/lz4/CVE-2021-3520.yml

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