# CVE-2023-43642: Missing upper bound check on chunk length in snappy-java

- Also known as: GHSA-55G7-9CWV-5QFV
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.10.4
- Published: 2023-09-25 · Updated: 2024-09-24

## Affected

- xerial snappy-java: fixed in 1.1.10.4
- org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java (Maven): fixed in 1.1.10.4

## Description

snappy-java is a Java port of the snappy, a fast C++ compresser/decompresser developed by Google. The SnappyInputStream was found to be vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks when decompressing data with a too large chunk size. Due to missing upper bound check on chunk length, an unrecoverable fatal error can occur. All versions of snappy-java including the latest released version 1.1.10.3 are vulnerable to this issue. A fix has been introduced in commit `9f8c3cf74` which will be included in the 1.1.10.4 release. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should only accept compressed data from trusted sources.

## 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 (1.1.10.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/security/advisories/GHSA-55g7-9cwv-5qfv
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/commit/9f8c3cf74223ed0a8a834134be9c917b9f10ceb5

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