CVE-2026-106449
ADVISORY - githubSummary
Summary
When LZ4BlockInputStream is configured with stopOnEmptyBlock = false (the mode for reading concatenated block streams), it handles each empty block by calling refill() recursively. A long run of empty blocks exhausts the thread stack and throws StackOverflowError out of read() or skip().
Details
In net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4BlockInputStream.refill():
if (originalLen == 0 && compressedLen == 0) {
if (check != 0) {
throw new IOException("Stream is corrupted");
}
if (!stopOnEmptyBlock) {
refill();
} else {
finished = true;
}
return;
}
Each well-formed empty block is 21 bytes and adds one stack frame, with no limit on nesting depth. In local testing, around 10,000 to 100,000 consecutive empty blocks (about 210 KB to 2.1 MB, depending on JIT state and thread stack size) threw StackOverflowError. StackOverflowError is an Error, not an IOException, so callers that only handle I/O errors for corrupt input don't catch it.
Impact
Applications that decode attacker-controlled LZ4Block streams with LZ4BlockInputStream.newBuilder().withStopOnEmptyBlock(false) or the deprecated LZ4BlockInputStream(InputStream, boolean) constructor can have the decoding thread fail with StackOverflowError. The default configuration (stopOnEmptyBlock = true) is not affected. There is no memory corruption. Availability impact only.
Patch
Fixed in lz4-java 1.11.4. Empty blocks are now skipped in a loop instead of by recursion, so any number of consecutive empty blocks uses constant stack space.
For older versions, the workaround is to use the default stopOnEmptyBlock = true for untrusted input, or catch StackOverflowError around the read loop.
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Uncontrolled Recursion
Uncontrolled Recursion
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
NIST
2.2
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3.7lowGitHub
2.2
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Ubuntu
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N/AmediumRed Hat
2.2
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3.7lowChainguard
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