cve/2017/CVE-2017-8842.md

### [CVE-2017-8842](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8842)
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### Description

The bufRead::get() function in libzpaq/libzpaq.h in liblrzip.so in lrzip 0.631 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted archive.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/07/lrzip-divide-by-zero-in-bufreadget-libzpaq-h/
- https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/66

#### Github
- https://github.com/andir/nixos-issue-db-example