CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-4608

7.3 HIGH Published 2014-07-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-07-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-190

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the lzo1x_decompress_safe function in lib/lzo/lzo1x_decompress_safe.c in the LZO decompressor in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Literal Run. NOTE: the author of the LZO algorithms says "the Linux kernel is *not* affected; media hype.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 3.15.2) • opensuse opensuse 11.4 • suse linux enterprise real time extension 11 • suse linux enterprise server 11 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness

References