CVE-2023-39741

Publication date 17 August 2023

Last updated 11 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

lrzip v0.651 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the libzpaq::PostProcessor::write(int) function at /libzpaq/libzpaq.cpp. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
lrzip 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
25.10 questing
Needs evaluation
25.04 plucky Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Notes


rodrigo-zaiden

reported in lrzip-next that is a "Updated and Enhanced version of ckolivas' lrzip project", but the affected source can also be found in lrzip.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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