8.1
HIGH
CVE-2019-17543
Apache LZ4 Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

LZ4 before 1.9.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in LZ4_write32 (related to LZ4_compress_destSize), affecting applications that call LZ4_compress_fast with a large input. (This issue can also lead to data corruption.) NOTE: the vendor states "only a few specific / uncommon usages of the API are at risk."

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 14, 2019, 2:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:06 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-17543 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-17543 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Lz4_project lz4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-17543.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00069.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00070.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15941 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lz4/lz4/compare/v1.9.1...v1.9.2 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lz4/lz4/issues/801 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/756 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/760 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/25015588b770d67470b7ba7ea49a305d6735dd7f00eabe7d50ec1e17%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/543302d55e2d2da4311994e9b0debdc676bf3fd05e1a2be3407aa2d6%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/793012683dc0fa6819b7c2560e6cf990811014c40c7d75412099c357%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9ff0606d16be2ab6a81619e1c9e23c3e251756638e36272c8c8b7fa3%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f0038c4fab2ee25aee849ebeff6b33b3aa89e07ccfb06b5c87b36316%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f506bc371d4a068d5d84d7361293568f61167d3a1c3e91f0def2d7d3%40%3Cdev.arrow.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0fb226357e7988a241b06b93bab065bcea2eb38658b382e485960e26%40%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4068ba81066792f2b4d208b39c4c4713c5d4c79bd8cb6c1904af5720%40%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7bc72200f94298bc9a0e35637f388deb53467ca4b2e2ad1ff66d8960%40%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210723-0001/
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-17543 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-17543 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9ff0606d16be2ab6a81619e1c9e23c3e251756638e36272c8c8b7fa3%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f506bc371d4a068d5d84d7361293568f61167d3a1c3e91f0def2d7d3%40%3Cdev.arrow.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/793012683dc0fa6819b7c2560e6cf990811014c40c7d75412099c357%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f0038c4fab2ee25aee849ebeff6b33b3aa89e07ccfb06b5c87b36316%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/25015588b770d67470b7ba7ea49a305d6735dd7f00eabe7d50ec1e17%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/543302d55e2d2da4311994e9b0debdc676bf3fd05e1a2be3407aa2d6%40%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7bc72200f94298bc9a0e35637f388deb53467ca4b2e2ad1ff66d8960%40%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4068ba81066792f2b4d208b39c4c4713c5d4c79bd8cb6c1904af5720%40%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0fb226357e7988a241b06b93bab065bcea2eb38658b382e485960e26%40%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f506bc371d4a068d5d84d7361293568f61167d3a1c3e91f0def2d7d3@%3Cdev.arrow.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9ff0606d16be2ab6a81619e1c9e23c3e251756638e36272c8c8b7fa3@%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/793012683dc0fa6819b7c2560e6cf990811014c40c7d75412099c357@%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f0038c4fab2ee25aee849ebeff6b33b3aa89e07ccfb06b5c87b36316@%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/25015588b770d67470b7ba7ea49a305d6735dd7f00eabe7d50ec1e17@%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/543302d55e2d2da4311994e9b0debdc676bf3fd05e1a2be3407aa2d6@%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7bc72200f94298bc9a0e35637f388deb53467ca4b2e2ad1ff66d8960@%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0fb226357e7988a241b06b93bab065bcea2eb38658b382e485960e26@%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4068ba81066792f2b4d208b39c4c4713c5d4c79bd8cb6c1904af5720@%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210723-0001/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-120 CWE-787
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4068ba81066792f2b4d208b39c4c4713c5d4c79bd8cb6c1904af5720@%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7bc72200f94298bc9a0e35637f388deb53467ca4b2e2ad1ff66d8960@%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0fb226357e7988a241b06b93bab065bcea2eb38658b382e485960e26@%3Cissues.kudu.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/543302d55e2d2da4311994e9b0debdc676bf3fd05e1a2be3407aa2d6@%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00070.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00069.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/25015588b770d67470b7ba7ea49a305d6735dd7f00eabe7d50ec1e17@%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f0038c4fab2ee25aee849ebeff6b33b3aa89e07ccfb06b5c87b36316@%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/793012683dc0fa6819b7c2560e6cf990811014c40c7d75412099c357@%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f506bc371d4a068d5d84d7361293568f61167d3a1c3e91f0def2d7d3@%3Cdev.arrow.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9ff0606d16be2ab6a81619e1c9e23c3e251756638e36272c8c8b7fa3@%3Cissues.arrow.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15941 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15941 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lz4/lz4/compare/v1.9.1...v1.9.2 No Types Assigned https://github.com/lz4/lz4/compare/v1.9.1...v1.9.2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lz4/lz4/issues/801 No Types Assigned https://github.com/lz4/lz4/issues/801 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/756 No Types Assigned https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/756 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/760 No Types Assigned https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/760 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-120
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lz4_project:lz4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.9.2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description LZ4 before 1.9.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in LZ4_write32 (related to LZ4_compress_destSize), affecting applications that call LZ4_compress_fast with a large input. (This issue can also lead to data corruption.) LZ4 before 1.9.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in LZ4_write32 (related to LZ4_compress_destSize), affecting applications that call LZ4_compress_fast with a large input. (This issue can also lead to data corruption.) NOTE: the vendor states "only a few specific / uncommon usages of the API are at risk."
    Added Reference https://github.com/lz4/lz4/issues/801 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-17543 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-17543 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.76 }} 0.01%

score

0.81467

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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