Description

An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the vendor disputes the claims of "endless output" and "denial of service" because decompression of the 17,486 bytes always results in 114,881,179 bytes, which is often a reasonable size increase.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 22, 2023, 7:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 29, 2024, 2:35 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-22916 has a 1 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-2020-22916 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 Tukaani xz

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Born at : Sept. 7, 2023, 7:45 p.m. This repo has been linked 36 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-22916 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-22916 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 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Oct. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2024

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

    Jul. 18, 2024

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

    May. 17, 2024

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

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Apr. 11, 2024

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

    Mar. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Tag MITRE disputed
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description ** DISPUTED ** An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the vendor disputes the claims of "endless output" and "denial of service" because decompression of the 17,486 bytes always results in 114,881,179 bytes, which is often a reasonable size increase. An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the vendor disputes the claims of "endless output" and "denial of service" because decompression of the 17,486 bytes always results in 114,881,179 bytes, which is often a reasonable size increase.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the software maintainers are unable to reproduce this as of 2023-09-12 because the example crafted file is temporarily offline. ** DISPUTED ** An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the vendor disputes the claims of "endless output" and "denial of service" because decompression of the 17,486 bytes always results in 114,881,179 bytes, which is often a reasonable size increase.
    Added Reference http://web.archive.org/web/20230918084612/https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 12, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of crafted file. An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the software maintainers are unable to reproduce this as of 2023-09-12 because the example crafted file is temporarily offline.
    Added Reference https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/61 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234987 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214590 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-22916 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 25, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability No Types Assigned https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://tukaani.org/xz/ No Types Assigned https://tukaani.org/xz/ Product
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Exploit Prediction

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

0.06 }} 0.01%

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