CVE-2021-3520
lz4: memory corruption due to an integer overflow bug caused by memmove argument
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · April 28, 2021
Updated · October 12, 2026
Description
There's a flaw in lz4. An attacker who submits a crafted file to an application linked with lz4 may be able to trigger an integer overflow, leading to calling of memmove() on a negative size argument, causing an out-of-bounds write and/or a crash. The greatest impact of this flaw is to availability, with some potential impact to confidentiality and integrity as well.
Statement
This flaw is out of support scope for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. To learn more about Red Hat Enterprise Linux support life cycles, please see https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata .
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 8.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write