Medium
Security advisory
In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the unzip_match function in runzip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.
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- Affected versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-5650
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 31 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the unzip_match function in runzip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.
osv:CVE-2018-5650
Complete source record
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