CVE-2021-29482

xz is a compression and decompression library focusing on the xz format completely written in Go. The function readUvarint used to read the xz container format may not terminate a loop provide malicous input. The problem has been fixed in release v0.5.8. As a workaround users can limit the size of the compressed file input to a reasonable size for their use case. The standard library had recently the same issue and got the CVE-2020-16845 allocated.
Infinite Loop
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub_MCNA
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 61%
VendorProductVersion
xz_projectxz
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< 0.5.8
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
golang-github-ulikunitz-xz
sid
0.5.6-2
fixed
trixie
0.5.6-2
fixed
bookworm
0.5.6-2
fixed
bullseye
0.5.6-2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
golang-github-ulikunitz-xz
noble
needs-triage
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
needs-triage
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne