CVE-2017-8842

medium

Description

The bufRead::get() function in libzpaq/libzpaq.h in liblrzip.so in lrzip 0.631 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted archive.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-01

https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/66

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/07/lrzip-divide-by-zero-in-bufreadget-libzpaq-h/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-05-08

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H