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FreeBSD: VID-67c2eb06-5579-4595-801b-30355be24654 (CVE-2018-11498): lizard -- Negative size passed to memcpy resulting in memory corruption

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 31, 2024
Added
Feb 1, 2024
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

Description

In Lizard v1.0 and LZ5 v2.0 (the prior release, before the product was renamed), there is an unchecked buffer size during a memcpy in the Lizard_decompress_LIZv1 function (lib/lizard_decompress_liz.h). Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file, as well as achieve remote code execution.

Solution

freebsd-upgrade-package-lizard
Title
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