CVE-2018-10685 Use after free in n/a
A use-after-free vulnerability in lrzip allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-10685?
CVE-2018-10685 is a critical use after free vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is a use-after-free in the lzma_decompress_buf function of stream.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10685?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Long Range Zip Project Long Range Zip.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10685?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2018-10685 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10685 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10685, GHSA-mjfq-xmf5-hv6p, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10685.