CVE-2021-43304
Publication date 14 March 2022
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
Heap buffer overflow in Clickhouse's LZ4 compression codec when parsing a malicious query. There is no verification that the copy operations in the LZ4::decompressImpl loop and especially the arbitrary copy operation wildCopy<copy_amount>(op, ip, copy_end), don’t exceed the destination buffer’s limits.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| clickhouse | ||
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
8.8 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Other references
- https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/commit/2aea1c8d4a5be320365472052d8a48bf69fd9fe9 (v21.9.1.7685)
- https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/commit/6d83eacec42c7c403c99804a713a9d38caa4a45d (v21.9.1.7685)
- https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/27136
- https://jfrog.com/blog/7-rce-and-dos-vulnerabilities-found-in-clickhouse-dbms/
- https://jfrog.com/blog/7-rce-and-dos-vulnerabilities-found-in-clickhouse-dbms
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43304