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CVE-2018-11498

N/A

Published: May 26, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:36 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorLizardLZ5

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Lizard · Lizard Project

95%

LZ5 · Lizard Project

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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