CVE-2025-30160

HIGH EPSS 41.0%
Published Mar 20, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
8.7 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published Mar 20, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.7
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
41.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Resource Mgmt
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Validation

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
redlibredlib* <0.36.0

References 3

  • github.com https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib/commit/15147cea8e42f6569a11603d661d71122f6a02dc
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib/commit/2e95e1fc6e2064ccfae87964b4860bda55eddb9a
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib/security/advisories/GHSA-g8vq-v3mg-7mrg
    PatchVendor Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib/commit/15147cea8e42f6569a11603d661d71122f6a02dc
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib/commit/2e95e1fc6e2064ccfae87964b4860bda55eddb9a
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib/security/advisories/GHSA-g8vq-v3mg-7mrg
    PatchVendor Advisory