VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-5786
Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.33%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the get_fileinfo function (lrzip.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.33% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- long range zip project/long range zip · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/91Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5145Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/91Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5145Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.