CVE-2019-17543

lz4: The lz4 packages provide support for LZ4, a very fast, lossless compression algorithm that provides compression speed...

CVE-2019-17543 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2025:11035, released July 15, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.1
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.1045
95th percentile

The lz4 packages provide support for LZ4, a very fast, lossless compression algorithm that provides compression speeds of 400 MB/s per core and scales with multicore CPUs. It also features an extremely fast decoder that reaches speeds of multiple GB/s per core and typically reaches RAM speed limits on multicore systems. Security Fix(es): * lz4: heap-based buffer overflow in LZ4_write32 (CVE-2019-17543) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
lz4 · RHEL 8 0:1.8.3-5.el8_10 RHSA-2025:11035 Jul 15, 2025
lz4-devel · RHEL 8 0:1.8.3-5.el8_10 RHSA-2025:11035 Jul 15, 2025
lz4-libs · RHEL 8 0:1.8.3-5.el8_10 RHSA-2025:11035 Jul 15, 2025