CVE-2014-4715

Yann Collet LZ4 before r119, when used on certain 32-bit platforms that allocate memory beyond 0x80000000, does not properly detect integer overflows, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Literal Run, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-4611.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2014-07-03

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected products

• Lz4 (Yann Collet)

References

• http://blog.securitymouse.com/2014/07/i-was-wrong-proving-lz4-exploitable.html
• http://fastcompression.blogspot.fr/2014/07/software-vulnerabilities-how-it-works.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59770
• https://code.google.com/p/lz4/issues/detail?id=134
• https://code.google.com/p/lz4/source/detail?r=119