Out-of-bounds Read in Lizard Project

CVE-2018-16985

In Lizard (formerly LZ5) 2.0, use of an invalid memory address was discovered in LZ5_compress_continue in lz5_compress.c, related to LZ5_compress_fastSmall and MEM_read32. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-16985: held from 0.015 to 0.015.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16985?
CVE-2018-16985 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lizard Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-16985?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.