# CVE-2025-47436: Apache ORC: Potential Heap Buffer Overflow during C++ LZO Decompression

- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:H/SA:H/S:N/RE:M/U:Amber
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-14 · Updated: 2025-05-14

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache ORC: through 1.8.8; from 1.9.0, through 1.9.5; from 2.0.0, through 2.0.4; from 2.1.0, through 2.1.1

## Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Apache ORC. A vulnerability has been identified in the ORC C++ LZO decompression logic, where specially crafted malformed ORC files can cause the decompressor to allocate a 250-byte buffer but then attempts to copy 295 bytes into it. It causes memory corruption. This issue affects Apache ORC C++ library: through 1.8.8, from 1.9.0 through 1.9.5, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.4, from 2.1.0 through 2.1.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.8.9, 1.9.6, 2.0.5, and 2.1.2, which fix the issue.

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## References

- https://orc.apache.org/security/CVE-2025-47436/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/kd6tlv8fs5jybmsgxr4vrkdxyc866wrn

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