RealTime Data Compression: Debunking the LZ4 "20 years old bug" myth

RealTime Data Compression Development blog on compression algorithms corrects IE6 width calculation google_ad_section_start(name=default) Thursday, June 26, 2014 [Edit] : There is a follow-up to this story. [Edit 2] The below post was redacted right after the initial publication. Should you wish a much shorter, and arguably more neutral tone, summary of the situation, please consider reading the follow up . A recent post on a security blog has claimed that LZ4 is affected by a subtle bug which could result in remote code execution on basically any machine using LZ4 algorithm. Given that LZ4 is installed on every modern Linux distro, including critically Android , that it is also part of modern file systems such as ...

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