{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "5.2.5"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "2327a461e1afce862c22269b80d3517801103c1b"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.tukaani.org/xz.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the vendor disputes the claims of \"endless output\" and \"denial of service\" because decompression of the 17,486 bytes always results in 114,881,179 bytes, which is often a reasonable size increase.",
  "id": "CVE-2020-22916",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:07:55.231081266Z",
  "published": "2023-08-22T19:16:19.407Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-22916"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://tukaani.org/xz/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230918084612/https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234987"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214590"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/61"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}