CVE-2021-3520

Public on 2021-06-02
Modified on 2024-03-01
Description
There's a flaw in lz4. An attacker who submits a crafted file to an application linked with lz4 may be able to trigger an integer overflow, leading to calling of memmove() on a negative size argument, causing an out-of-bounds write and/or a crash. The greatest impact of this flaw is to availability, with some potential impact to confidentiality and integrity as well.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.6
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 lz4 No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Core lz4 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 lz4 2023-02-17 ALAS2023-2023-015 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H