CVE-2017-8843 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting lrzip 0.631, specifically within the liblrzip.so library's join_pthread function. An attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and application crash by providing a specially crafted archive. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector requiring user interaction, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.631CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:long_range_zip_project:long_range_zip:0.631:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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