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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-5747

In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is a use-after-free in the ucompthread function (stream.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-5747

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Jan 2018, 19:29 UTC

In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is a use-after-free in the ucompthread function (stream.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.

osv:CVE-2018-5747
Complete source record
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