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CVE-2018-5786

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

Description

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

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
• Long Range Zip Project Long Range Zip: 0.631

References

• https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/91
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00001.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00012.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5145
• https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/91
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00001.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00012.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5145

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