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CVE-2017-8845

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8845 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the lzo1x_decompress function of LZO 2.08, specifically impacting lrzip 0.631. An attacker can trigger an invalid memory read and application crash by providing a specially crafted archive. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.631CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:long_range_zip_project:long_range_zip:0.631:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0136 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/05/07/lrzip-invalid-memory-read-in-lzo_decompress_buf-stream-c
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / ckolivas/lrzip/issues/68
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202005-01
Third Party Advisory