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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17543

LZ4 before 1.9.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in LZ4_write32 (related to LZ4_compress_destSize), affecting applications that call LZ4_compress_fas...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

LZ4 before 1.9.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in LZ4_write32 (related to LZ4_compress_destSize), affecting applications that call LZ4_compress_fast with a large input. (This issue can also lead to data corruption.) NOTE: the vendor states "only a few specific / uncommon usages of the API are at risk."

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 lz4

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.2-1"}]}]

Debian:13 lz4

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.2-1"}]}]

Debian:14 lz4

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.2-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org