CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-16985

In Lizard (formerly LZ5) 2.0, use of an invalid memory address was discovered in LZ5_compress_continue in lz5_compress.c, related to LZ5_compress_fastSmall and MEM_read32. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/inikep/lizard/issues/18 Exploit Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:lizard_project:lizard:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-09-13 02:29

Updated : 2018-11-27 08:55

NVD link : CVE-2018-16985

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16985

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-125

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