CVE-2017-8843

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    CVE-2017-8843

    Published: 8 May 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The join_pthread function in stream.c in liblrzip.so in lrzip 0.631 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted archive.

    References: https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/07/lrzip-null-pointer-dereference-in-join_pthread-stream-c/, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-01, https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/69

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 9de7ccbd33ca679a03f35008cccb5abfb1bf36b9
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.631

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    Integrity
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