---
type: lookup
id: lz4-04-22-4d-18
asset: file-format-signatures
title: "04 22 4D 18 — File format magic numbers"
sources:
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures
source_quote: "wiki/Lempel–Ziv–Markov_chain_algorithm> LZMA2 compression | 04 22 4D 18 | ␄\"M␘ | 0 | lz4 | <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ4_(compression_algorithm)> LZ4 Frame Format [ 62 ] Remark: LZ4 block format does not offer any magic bytes. [ 63 ] | 4D 53 43 46 | MSCF | 0 | cab | Microsoft Cabinet file | 53 5A 44 44 88 F0 27 33 | SZDDˆð'3 | 0 | ?? _ | Microsoft compr"
generated: true
verified: false
harvested: 2026-08-03
stale_after: 2027-08-03
hex_signature: "04 22 4D 18"
offset: "0"
extension: "lz4"
format: "LZ4 Frame Format"
---
**Hex signature:** 04 22 4D 18

**Offset:** 0

**Extension:** lz4

**Format:** LZ4 Frame Format

> wiki/Lempel–Ziv–Markov_chain_algorithm> LZMA2 compression | 04 22 4D 18 | ␄"M␘ | 0 | lz4 | <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ4_(compression_algorithm)> LZ4 Frame Format [ 62 ] Remark: LZ4 block format does not offer any magic bytes. [ 63 ] | 4D 53 43 46 | MSCF | 0 | cab | Microsoft Cabinet file | 53 5A 44 44 88 F0 27 33 | SZDDˆð'3 | 0 | ?? _ | Microsoft compr

Source: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures>