Decompressors can crash the JVM and leak memory content in Aircompressor
Summary
All decompressor implementations of Aircompressor (LZ4, LZO, Snappy, Zstandard) can crash the JVM for certain input, and in some cases also leak the content of other memory of the Java process (which could contain sensitive information).
Details
When decompressing certain data, the decompressors try to access memory outside the bounds of the given byte arrays or byte buffers. Because Aircompressor uses the JDK class sun.misc.Unsafe to speed up memory access, no additional bounds checks are performed and this has similar security consequences as out-of-bounds access in C or C++, namely it can lead to non-deterministic behavior or crash the JVM.
Users should update to Aircompressor 0.27 or newer where these issues have been fixed.
Impact
When decompressing data from untrusted users, this can be exploited for a denial-of-service attack by crashing the JVM, or to leak other sensitive information from the Java process.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | io.airlift:aircompressor | < 0.27 | 0.27 |
References
- https://github.com/airlift/aircompressor/security/advisories/GHSA-973x-65j7-xcf4
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36114
- https://github.com/airlift/aircompressor/commit/15e68df9eb0c2bfde7f796231ee7cd1982965071
- https://github.com/airlift/aircompressor/commit/2cea90a45534f9aacbb77426fb64e975504dee6e
- https://github.com/airlift/aircompressor/commit/cf66151541edb062ea88b6f3baab3f95e48b7b7f
- https://github.com/airlift/aircompressor/commit/d01ecb779375a092d00e224abe7869cdf49ddc3e
- https://github.com/airlift/aircompressor
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-125, CWE-787- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
io.airlift:aircompressor- Disclosed
- 02.06.2024
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 13:20
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-973x-65j7-xcf4 - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: io.airlift:aircompressor
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 2
- First → latest
- 06.2024 12.2025
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 2
Disclosures per year
- 2024: 1
- 2025: 1
- 2026: 0
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