CVE-2018-11498

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    CVE-2018-11498

    Published: 26 May 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Lizard v1.0 and LZ5 v2.0 (the prior release, before the product was renamed), there is an unchecked buffer size during a memcpy in the Lizard_decompress_LIZv1 function (lib/lizard_decompress_liz.h). Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file, as well as achieve remote code execution.

    References: https://github.com/inikep/lizard/issues/16

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 46c50f0b4bc15c53c6dbed87756bce2ca5556ccd
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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