CVE-2023-43642

2023-10-0210:24:58

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cve-2023-43642

snappyinputstream

snappy-java

data compression

java

missing upper bound check

chunk length

dos

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.0%

JSON

A flaw was found in SnappyInputStream in snappy-java, a data compression library in Java. This issue occurs when decompressing data with a too-large chunk size due to a missing upper bound check on chunk length. An unrecoverable fatal error can occur, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).