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CVE-2014-4607

lzo: lzo1x_decompress_safe() integer overflow

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · June 26, 2014

Updated · July 20, 2026

Description

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the lzo library decompressed certain archives compressed with the LZO algorithm. An attacker could create a specially crafted LZO-compressed input that, when decompressed by an application using the lzo library, would cause that application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound