CVE-2023-39741

Publication date 17 August 2023

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

lrzip v0.651 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the libzpaq::PostProcessor::write(int) function at /libzpaq/libzpaq.cpp. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
lrzip	25.10 questing	Needs evaluation
	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Notes

rodrigo-zaiden

reported in lrzip-next that is a "Updated and Enhanced version of ckolivas' lrzip project", but the affected source can also be found in lrzip.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H