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.
History

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First Time appeared Tukaani-project
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Vendors & Products Tukaani-project
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Description 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.
Title XZ Utils: Buffer overflow in lzma_index_append()
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-04-02T18:36:37.450Z

Updated: 2026-04-03T12:59:06.096Z

Reserved: 2026-03-30T19:17:10.224Z

Link: CVE-2026-34743

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-02T19:21:33.187

Modified: 2026-04-02T20:16:24.650

Link: CVE-2026-34743

cve-icon Redhat

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