CVE-2026-34743

ADVISORY - debian

Summary

XZ Utils provide a general-purpose data-compression library plus command-line tools. Prior to version 5.8.3, if lzma_index_decoder() was used to decode an Index that contained no Records, the resulting lzma_index was left in a state where where a subsequent lzma_index_append() would allocate too little memory, and a buffer overflow would occur. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.3.


EPSS Score: 0.0045 (0.380)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

ADVISORY - redhat

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size


Debian

CREATED

UPDATED

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
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COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY
PackageTypeOS NameOS VersionAffected RangesFix Versions
debian/xz-utilsdebdebian12<5.4.1-1+deb12u15.4.1-1+deb12u1
debian/xz-utilsdebdebianunstable<5.8.3-15.8.3-1
debian/xz-utilsdebdebian14<5.8.3-15.8.3-1
debian/xz-utilsdebdebian13<5.8.1-1+deb13u15.8.1-1+deb13u1

Severity and metrics

No CVSS data available from this advisory.

NIST

CREATED

UPDATED

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CVSS SCORE

1.7low

Alpine

CREATED

UPDATED

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Ubuntu

CREATED

UPDATED

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

5.3low

Red Hat

CREATED

UPDATED

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CVSS SCORE

5.3medium

Rocky

CREATED

UPDATED

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Alow

Oracle

CREATED

UPDATED

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Photon

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY ID

CVE-2026-34743

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

5.3medium