CVE-2024-36114 — Aircompressor is a library with ports of the Snappy, LZO, LZ4, and Zstandard com
Aircompressor is a library with ports of the Snappy, LZO, LZ4, and Zstandard compression algorithms to Java. All decompressor implementations of Aircompressor (LZ4, LZO, Snappy, Zstandard) can crash the JVM for certain input, and in some cases also leak the content of other memor
Published
2024-05-29T20:24:53.906Z
Last modified
2024-08-02T03:30:13.037Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
01What is this vulnerability?
Aircompressor is a library with ports of the Snappy, LZO, LZ4, and Zstandard compression algorithms to Java. All decompressor implementations of Aircompressor (LZ4, LZO, Snappy, Zstandard) can crash the JVM for certain input, and in some cases also leak the content of other memory of the Java process (which could contain sensitive information). When decompressing certain data, the decompressors…
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| airlift | aircompressor | < 0.27 |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2024-05-29T20:24:53.906Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-02T03:30:13.037Z
09References
- github.com — https://github.com/airlift/aircompressor/security/advisories/GHSA-973x-65j7-xcf4
- github.com — https://github.com/airlift/aircompressor/commit/15e68df9eb0c2bfde7f796231ee7cd19…
- github.com — https://github.com/airlift/aircompressor/commit/2cea90a45534f9aacbb77426fb64e975…
- github.com — https://github.com/airlift/aircompressor/commit/cf66151541edb062ea88b6f3baab3f95…
- github.com — https://github.com/airlift/aircompressor/commit/d01ecb779375a092d00e224abe7869cd…
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