CVE-2023-34453: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
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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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-pqr6-cmr2-h8hf
- github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/05c39b2ca9b5b7b39611529cc302d3d796329611/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/BitShuffle.java
- github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/master/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/BitShuffle.java
- github.com/xerial/snappy-java/commit/820e2e074c58748b41dbd547f4edba9e108ad905
- github.com/xerial/snappy-java/security/advisories/GHSA-pqr6-cmr2-h8hf
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34453
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