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CVE-2015-2278

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-06-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The LZH decompression implementation (CsObjectInt::BuildHufTree function in vpa108csulzh.cpp) in SAP MaxDB 7.5 and 7.6, Netweaver Application Server ABAP, Netweaver Application Server Java, Netweaver RFC SDK, GUI, RFC SDK, SAPCAR archive tool, and other products allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors, related to look-ups of non-simple codes, aka SAP Security Note 2124806, 2121661, 2127995, and 2125316.

Affected products

• SAP Gui: all versions
• SAP MaxDB (liveCache): 7.5, 7.6
• SAP Netweaver Abap Application Server: all versions
• SAP Netweaver Java Application Server: all versions
• SAP Netweaver Rfc Sdk: all versions
• SAP Rfc Library: all versions

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131883/SAP-LZC-LZH-Compression-Denial-Of-Service.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/50
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/96
• http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/sap-lzc-lzh-compression-multiple-vulnerabilities
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535535/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74643
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131883/SAP-LZC-LZH-Compression-Denial-Of-Service.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/50
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/96
• http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/sap-lzc-lzh-compression-multiple-vulnerabilities
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535535/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74643

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