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Redlib allows a Denial of Service via DEFLATE Decompression Bomb in restore_preferences Form
Type: advisorySources: OSV
Redlib is an alternative private front-end to Reddit. A vulnerability has been identified in Redlib where an attacker can cause a denial-of-service (DOS) condition by submitting a specially crafted base2048-encoded DEFLATE decompression bomb to the restore_preferences form. This leads to excessive memory consumption and potential system instability, which can be exploited to disrupt Redlib instances. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.36.0.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2025-30160
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- 4 Nov 2026, 16:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Redlib allows a Denial of Service via DEFLATE Decompression Bomb in restore_preferences Form
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 20 Mar 2025, 18:09 UTC
Redlib is an alternative private front-end to Reddit. A vulnerability has been identified in Redlib where an attacker can cause a denial-of-service (DOS) condition by submitting a specially crafted base2048-encoded DEFLATE decompression bomb to the restore_preferences form. This leads to excessive memory consumption and potential system instability, which can be exploited to disrupt Redlib instances. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.36.0.
osv:CVE-2025-30160
Complete source record
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