Integer overflow in the BZ2_decompress function in decompress.c in bzip2 and libbzip2 before 1.0.6 allows context-dependent attackers to…

Description

Integer overflow in the BZ2_decompress function in decompress.c in bzip2 and libbzip2 before 1.0.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted compressed file.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (35)

• USN-986-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bhb=clamav-0.96.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-17439 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• USN-986-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-986-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 41452 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 42404 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 48378 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2230 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3073 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2455 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 42530 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2231 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100921 bzip2 CVE-2010-0405 integer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 42529 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20101207 VMSA-2010-0019 VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 41505 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3052 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0703 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0858 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-1512 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0405_integer_overflow (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 42405 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/cve-2010-0405-bzip2-integer-overflow/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627882 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3126 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• GLSA-201301-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0019.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.bzip.org/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3127 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3043 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2010:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 42350 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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, 00:45 UTC.