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CVE-2019-17543

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-17543 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in LZ4 before version 1.9.2, specifically within the LZ4_write32 function, impacting applications that use LZ4_compress_fast with large inputs. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a severe risk with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high attack complexity. While the vendor notes it affects only specific API usages, successful exploitation could lead to data corruption. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lz4_project:lz4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0912 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 8,910 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: lz4-0:1.8.3-5.el8_10
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: lz4
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)Fixed in: lz4

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-17543Moderate

lz4: heap-based buffer overflow in LZ4_write32

Jul 17, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00069.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00070.html
bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Third Party Advisory
github.com / lz4/lz4/compare/v1.9.1...v1.9.2
Third Party Advisory
github.com / lz4/lz4/issues/801
Third Party Advisory
github.com / lz4/lz4/pull/756
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / lz4/lz4/pull/760
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/25015588b770d67470b7ba7ea49a305d6735dd7f00eabe7d50ec1e17%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/543302d55e2d2da4311994e9b0debdc676bf3fd05e1a2be3407aa2d6%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/793012683dc0fa6819b7c2560e6cf990811014c40c7d75412099c357%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/9ff0606d16be2ab6a81619e1c9e23c3e251756638e36272c8c8b7fa3%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/f0038c4fab2ee25aee849ebeff6b33b3aa89e07ccfb06b5c87b36316%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/f506bc371d4a068d5d84d7361293568f61167d3a1c3e91f0def2d7d3%40%3Cdev.arrow.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r0fb226357e7988a241b06b93bab065bcea2eb38658b382e485960e26%40%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r4068ba81066792f2b4d208b39c4c4713c5d4c79bd8cb6c1904af5720%40%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r7bc72200f94298bc9a0e35637f388deb53467ca4b2e2ad1ff66d8960%40%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20210723-0001
oracle.com / /security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html