Medium
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-8846
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2017-8846
Complete source record
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"references": [
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"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00001.html",
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