CVE-2018-16985
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CVE-2018-16985 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. In Lizard (formerly LZ5) 2.0, use of an invalid memory address was discovered in LZ5_compress_continue in lz5_compress.c, related to LZ5_compress_fastSmall and MEM_read32. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.. EPSS estimates a 1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In Lizard (formerly LZ5) 2.0, use of an invalid memory address was discovered in LZ5_compress_continue in lz5_compress.c, related to LZ5_compress_fastSmall and MEM_read32. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Lizard Project | Lizard | 2.0 |
References
- https://github.com/inikep/lizard/issues/18Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/inikep/lizard/issues/18Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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- Status
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