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medium 5.5

CVE-2018-5786 json

In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the get_fileinfo function (lrzip.c).

published 2018-01-19 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17553

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the get_fileinfo function (lrzip.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.

Patch / fix

  • lrzip Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.651-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5786

  • lrzip Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.631-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1
  • lrzip Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.616-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • lrzip Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.621-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5786

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-5786 updated cvss 3.3

lrzip: infinite loop in the get_fileinfo function in lrzip.c

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/91 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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