CVE-2018-16985

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lizard (formerly LZ5) version 2.0

Description A denial of service issue was found, related to the use of an invalid memory address in the LZ5 compress continue function in lz5 compress.c, specifically with LZ5 compress fastSmall and MEM read32. This issue causes a segmentation fault and application crash.

Recommendations For Lizard (formerly LZ5) version 2.0, consider applying a patch or fix to address the invalid memory address usage in the LZ5 compress continue function to prevent the segmentation fault and application crash. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.