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CVE-2017-8364

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-04-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The read_buf function in stream.c in rzip 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted archive.

Affected products

• Rzip Project Rzip: 2.1

References

• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/29/rzip-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_buf-stream-c/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00022.html
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/29/rzip-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_buf-stream-c/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00022.html

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