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HistoryJun 15, 2023 - 4:27 p.m.

CVE-2023-34454 snappy-java's Integer Overflow vulnerability in compress leads to DoS

2023-06-1516:27:45
CWE-190
GitHub_M
www.cve.org
integer overflow
compression
dos
java
patch
vulnerability
multiplication
array
access violation

5.9 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

25.2%

snappy-java is a fast compressor/decompressor for Java. Due to unchecked multiplications, an integer overflow may occur in versions prior to 1.1.10.1, causing an unrecoverable fatal error.

The function compress(char[] input) in the file Snappy.java receives an array of characters and compresses it. It does so by multiplying the length by 2 and passing it to the rawCompress` function.

Since the length is not tested, the multiplication by two can cause an integer overflow and become negative. The rawCompress function then uses the received length and passes it to the natively compiled maxCompressedLength function, using the returned value to allocate a byte array.

Since the maxCompressedLength function treats the length as an unsigned integer, it doesnโ€™t care that it is negative, and it returns a valid value, which is casted to a signed integer by the Java engine. If the result is negative, a java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException exception will be raised while trying to allocate the array buf. On the other side, if the result is positive, the buf array will successfully be allocated, but its size might be too small to use for the compression, causing a fatal Access Violation error.

The same issue exists also when using the compress functions that receive double, float, int, long and short, each using a different multiplier that may cause the same issue. The issue most likely wonโ€™t occur when using a byte array, since creating a byte array of size 0x80000000 (or any other negative value) is impossible in the first place.

Version 1.1.10.1 contains a patch for this issue.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "xerial",
    "product": "snappy-java",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 1.1.10.1",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]

5.9 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

25.2%