What is CVE-2018-5650?

CVE-2018-5650 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Long Range Zip Project, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-5650?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Long Range Zip Project

CVE-2018-5650

In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the unzip_match function in runzip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.

EPSS: 0.012 (64.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Long_range_zip_project Long_range_zip — versions 0.631
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5650?: CVE-2018-5650 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Long Range Zip Project, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-5650?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.