Redlib is an alternative private front-end to Reddit. A vulnerability has been identified in Redlib where an attacker can cause a denial-of-service (DOS) condition by submitting a specially crafted base2048-encoded DEFLATE decompression bomb to the restore_preferences form. This leads to excessive memory consumption and potential system instability, which can be exploited to disrupt Redlib instances. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.36.0.
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Description | Redlib is an alternative private front-end to Reddit. A vulnerability has been identified in Redlib where an attacker can cause a denial-of-service (DOS) condition by submitting a specially crafted base2048-encoded DEFLATE decompression bomb to the restore_preferences form. This leads to excessive memory consumption and potential system instability, which can be exploited to disrupt Redlib instances. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.36.0. | |
Title | Redlib allows a Denial of Service via DEFLATE Decompression Bomb in restore_preferences Form | |
Weaknesses | CWE-400 CWE-502 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2025-03-20T19:19:50.110Z
Reserved: 2025-03-17T12:41:42.566Z
Link: CVE-2025-30160

Updated: 2025-03-20T19:19:46.648Z

Status : Received
Published: 2025-03-20T19:15:38.383
Modified: 2025-03-20T19:15:38.383
Link: CVE-2025-30160

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