# CVE-2023-34453: snappy-java's Integer Overflow vulnerability in shuffle leads to DoS

- Also known as: GHSA-PQR6-CMR2-H8HF
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.10.1
- Published: 2023-06-15 · Updated: 2024-12-12

## Affected

- xerial snappy-java: fixed in 1.1.10.1
- org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java (Maven): fixed in 1.1.10.1

## Description

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 a fatal error. The function `shuffle(int[] input)` in the file `BitShuffle.java` receives an array of integers and applies a bit shuffle on it. It does so by multiplying the length by 4 and passing it to the natively compiled shuffle function. Since the length is not tested, the multiplication by four can cause an integer overflow and become a smaller value than the true size, or even zero or negative. In the case of a negative value, a `java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException` exception will raise, which can crash the program. In a case of a value that is zero or too small, the code that afterwards references the shuffled array will assume a bigger size of the array, which might cause exceptions such as `java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException`. The same issue exists also when using the `shuffle` functions that receive a double, float, long and short, each using a different multiplier that may cause the same issue. Version 1.1.10.1 contains a patch for this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xerial snappy-java, org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.10.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/security/advisories/GHSA-pqr6-cmr2-h8hf
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/commit/820e2e074c58748b41dbd547f4edba9e108ad905
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/05c39b2ca9b5b7b39611529cc302d3d796329611/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/BitShuffle.java#L107
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/master/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/BitShuffle.java

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