{"cve":"CVE-2020-22916","nvd":{"published":"2023-08-22T19:16:19.407","modified":"2026-06-17T03:04:26.037","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["http://web.archive.org/web/20230918084612/https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234987","https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214590","https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability","https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/61"],"products":["tukaani:xz"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:39:14.809778102+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-22916","score":0.00249,"percentile":0.16235,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}