The lzo1x_decompress function in lzo1x_d.ch in LZO 2.08, as used in lrzip 0.631, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted archive.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-8845 is rated Low Risk (35.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-09-03 | 0.45% | 0.18% | -0.26% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.56% | 0.45% | -0.12% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.56% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2017-8845 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lrzip), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8845 |
gentoo
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low | CVE-2017-8845: 1 GLSA(s) (202005-01), 1 atom(s) (app-arch/lrzip); latest impact low. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2017-8845 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2017-8845 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (lrzip), 22 status rows across 22 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 12, ignored 6, released 3, needed 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8845 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| long_range_zip_project | long_range_zip | 0.631 | cpe:2.3:a:long_range_zip_project:long_range_zip:0.631:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/07/lrzip-invalid-memory-read-in-lzo_decompress_buf-stream-c/ | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/68 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-01 | Third Party Advisory |