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libzstd — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4899

A vulnerability was found in zstd v1.4.10, where an attacker can supply empty string as an argument to the command line tool to cause buffer overrun.

Products
libzstd
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.5.4+dfsg2-1
CVEs
CVE-2022-4899
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4899

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Mar 2023, 20:15 UTC

A vulnerability was found in zstd v1.4.10, where an attacker can supply empty string as an argument to the command line tool to cause buffer overrun.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4899

libzstd

Fixed versions: 1.5.4+dfsg2-1

libzstd

Fixed versions: 1.5.4+dfsg2-1

libzstd

Fixed versions: 1.5.4+dfsg2-1

Complete source record
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