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CVE-2018-11498
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-05-26T20:29:00.357 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:36:03.377

Summary

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 products

lizard_project — lizard

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References

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