Description
Snappier is a high performance C# implementation of the Snappy compression algorithm. Prior to 1.3.1, Snappier.SnappyStream enters an uncatchable infinite loop when decompressing a malformed framed-format Snappy stream as small as 15 bytes. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.1.
Published: 2026-05-12
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pggp-6c3x-2xmx Snappier has an infinite loop during SnappyStream decompression with malformed framed input
History

Wed, 13 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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Tue, 12 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description Snappier is a high performance C# implementation of the Snappy compression algorithm. Prior to 1.3.1, Snappier.SnappyStream enters an uncatchable infinite loop when decompressing a malformed framed-format Snappy stream as small as 15 bytes. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.1.
Title Snappier: Infinite loop in SnappyStream decompression on malformed framed input
Weaknesses CWE-835
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Brantburnett Snappier
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T21:33:07.206Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T17:39:31.113Z

Link: CVE-2026-44302

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-12T22:16:36.997

Modified: 2026-05-13T18:15:26.870

Link: CVE-2026-44302

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Updated: 2026-05-13T10:35:24Z

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