CVE - CVE-2020-22916

CVE-ID
CVE-2020-22916	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:http://web.archive.org/web/20230918084612/https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234987 MISC:https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214590 MISC:https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability MISC:https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/61 MISC:https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-22916 MISC:https://tukaani.org/xz/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20200813	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20200813)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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