4.3

CVE-2009-1884: bzip compress-raw-bzip2 Numeric Errors

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-1884
Published 19-08-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-1884 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in bzip compress-raw-bzip2. EPSS estimates a 2.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.59%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 19-08-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs in the Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module before 2.018 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a crafted bzip2 compressed stream that triggers a buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2009-1391.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.59% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.59%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Bzip1 product
  • compress-raw-bzip2≤ 2.017 | 2.0.00_10 | 2.0.00_12 | 2.0.00_14 | 2.0.01 | 2.0.02 | 2.0.03 | 2.0.05 | 2.0.06 | 2.0.08 | 2.0.09 | 2.010 | 2.011 | 2.012 | 2.014 | 2.015
Debian1 product
  • libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl< 2.018-1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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