bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file that triggers…

Description

bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file that triggers a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (45)

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• bzip2-archives-code-execution(41249) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.bzip.org/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 241786 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 36096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-2970 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 20081203 VMSA-2008-0019 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security issue and update bzip2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2557 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 31878 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SSA:2008-098-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• 31869 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1020867 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0893 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007504 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-08-05-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• VU#813451 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=146488&action=view (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007198 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-200804-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-3037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006982 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29656 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0118 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29475 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29698 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29497 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29940 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20080321 rPSA-2008-0118-1 bzip2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6467 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10067 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• GLSA-200903-40 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 31204 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-590-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:075 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0915 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 29506 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2172 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• TA09-218A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 28286 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 29410 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29677 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:17 UTC.