CVE-2014-4715
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.028 · 86 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Yann Collet LZ4 before r119, when used on certain 32-bit platforms that allocate memory beyond 0x80000000, does not properly detect integer overflows, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Literal Run, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-4611.
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affected products (6)
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references (15)
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- http://blog.securitymouse.com/2014/07/i-was-wrong-proving-lz4-exploitable.htmlcnnvd
- http://fastcompression.blogspot.fr/2014/07/software-vulnerabilities-how-it-works.htmlcnnvd
- http://lz4.net/Patchcnnvd
- https://code.google.com/p/lz4/issues/detail?id=134cnnvd
- https://code.google.com/p/lz4/source/detail?r=119cnnvd
- http://blog.securitymouse.com/2014/07/i-was-wrong-proving-lz4-exploitable.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://fastcompression.blogspot.fr/2014/07/software-vulnerabilities-how-it-works.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59770enisa_euvd
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