CVE Catalog

GHSA-6v7p-g79w-8964

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Repeated use of the Unpacker after an error occurs may cause the process to crash with a SEGV. If the Unpacker is used repeatedly to unpack untrusted input from external sources, it may be vulnerable to a DoS attack.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience service disruptions (process crash) due to a DoS attack exploiting this vulnerability, especially when processing untrusted data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade to version 1.2.1, which contains the fix. If upgrading is not possible, create a new Unpacker instance after each error.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

### Impact If the Unpacker is used repeatedly after an error occurs, the process may crash with a SEGV. If the Unpacker is used repeatedly to unpack untrusted input from external sources, it may be vulnerable to a DoS attack. ### Patches v1.2.1 ### Workarounds Users should create a new Unpacke

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS