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CVE-2026-34743 (GCVE-0-2026-34743)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-02 18:36 – Updated: 2026-07-21 22:19
VLAI
Title
XZ Utils: Buffer overflow in lzma_index_append()
Summary
XZ Utils provide a general-purpose data-compression library plus command-line tools. Prior to version 5.8.3, if lzma_index_decoder() was used to decode an Index that contained no Records, the resulting lzma_index was left in a state where where a subsequent lzma_index_append() would allocate too little memory, and a buffer overflow would occur. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.3.
Severity
1.7 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-03 12:58 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
tukaani-project xz Affected: < 5.8.3
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