CVE-2017-8844 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the read_1g function of liblrzip.so in lrzip 0.631, affecting Debian Linux and the Long Range Zip project. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) can be triggered by a crafted archive, potentially leading to a denial of service (application crash) or other unspecified impacts, with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability concerns. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting low active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.631CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:long_range_zip_project:long_range_zip:0.631:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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