CVE-2020-22916

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  3. CVE-2020-22916
An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the vendor disputes the claims of "endless output" and "denial of service" because decompression of the 17,486 bytes always results in 114,881,179 bytes, which is often a reasonable size increase.

5.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
http://web.archive.org/web/20230918084612/https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234987
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214590
https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability Broken Link
https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/61
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-22916
https://tukaani.org/xz/ Product
http://web.archive.org/web/20230918084612/https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234987
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214590
https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability Broken Link
https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/61
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-22916
https://tukaani.org/xz/ Product
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 05:13

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://web.archive.org/web/20230918084612/https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability - () http://web.archive.org/web/20230918084612/https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability -
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234987 - () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234987 -
References () https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214590 - () https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214590 -
References () https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability - Broken Link () https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability - Broken Link
References () https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/61 - () https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/61 -
References () https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-22916 - () https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-22916 -
References () https://tukaani.org/xz/ - Product () https://tukaani.org/xz/ - Product

07 Nov 2023, 03:19

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary ** DISPUTED ** An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the vendor disputes the claims of "endless output" and "denial of service" because decompression of the 17,486 bytes always results in 114,881,179 bytes, which is often a reasonable size increase. An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the vendor disputes the claims of "endless output" and "denial of service" because decompression of the 17,486 bytes always results in 114,881,179 bytes, which is often a reasonable size increase.

18 Sep 2023, 09:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the software maintainers are unable to reproduce this as of 2023-09-12 because the example crafted file is temporarily offline. ** DISPUTED ** An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the vendor disputes the claims of "endless output" and "denial of service" because decompression of the 17,486 bytes always results in 114,881,179 bytes, which is often a reasonable size increase.
References
  • (MISC) http://web.archive.org/web/20230918084612/https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability -

12 Sep 2023, 16:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/61 -
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214590 -
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234987 -
  • (MISC) https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-22916 -
Summary An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of crafted file. An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the software maintainers are unable to reproduce this as of 2023-09-12 because the example crafted file is temporarily offline.

25 Aug 2023, 17:53

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (MISC) https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability - (MISC) https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability - Broken Link
References (MISC) https://tukaani.org/xz/ - (MISC) https://tukaani.org/xz/ - Product
CPE cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Tukaani xz
Tukaani
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5

22 Aug 2023, 19:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2023-08-22 19:16

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:13

NVD link : CVE-2020-22916

Mitre link : CVE-2020-22916

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-22916

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Products Affected

tukaani

  • xz
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo