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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-8846): Long Range ZIP vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

May 8, 2017

Added

Dec 7, 2021

Modified

Apr 16, 2026

Description

The read_stream function in stream.c in liblrzip.so in lrzip 0.631 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted archive.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-lrzipubuntu-upgrade-lrzip

References

CVE-2017-8846
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-8846
CWE-416
EUVD-EUVD-2017-17788
NVD-CVE-2017-8846
UBUNTU-USN-5171-1
UBUNTU-USN-5171-2
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-17788

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