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High
CVE-2019-17543
LZ4 before 1.9.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in LZ4_write32...
Vulnerability Description
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."
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9ff0606d16be2ab6a81619e1c9e23c3e251756638e36272c8c8b7fa3%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f506bc371d4a068d5d84d7361293568f61167d3a1c3e91f0def2d7d3%40%3Cdev.arrow.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/793012683dc0fa6819b7c2560e6cf990811014c40c7d75412099c357%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f0038c4fab2ee25aee849ebeff6b33b3aa89e07ccfb06b5c87b36316%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/25015588b770d67470b7ba7ea49a305d6735dd7f00eabe7d50ec1e17%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00070.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00069.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/543302d55e2d2da4311994e9b0debdc676bf3fd05e1a2be3407aa2d6%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7bc72200f94298bc9a0e35637f388deb53467ca4b2e2ad1ff66d8960%40%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4068ba81066792f2b4d208b39c4c4713c5d4c79bd8cb6c1904af5720%40%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/756
- https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/760
- https://github.com/lz4/lz4/compare/v1.9.1...v1.9.2
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15941
- https://github.com/lz4/lz4/issues/801
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0fb226357e7988a241b06b93bab065bcea2eb38658b382e485960e26%40%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210723-0001/
Affected Vendor
lz4 project
View all reports →Affected Software
lz4
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 14th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.