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CVE-2020-22916
August 22, 2023
An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the vendor disputes the claims of "endless output" and "denial of service" because decompression of the 17,486 bytes always results in 114,881,179 bytes, which is often a reasonable size increase.
Related Resources (8)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234987
http://web.archive.org/web/20230918084612/https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability
https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/61
https://tukaani.org/xz/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-22916
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214590
https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-22916
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
EPSS
Base Score:
0.02