Modified
Published: 28 Sept 2010, 17:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 00:45

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.1 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
7.69% LOW
8% probability -1.52%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Sept 2010, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 00:45
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0MEDIUMScore: 5.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 7.69% Percentile: 92%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-189Numeric Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Affected Systems

  • bzipbzip2

    ≤ 1.0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9.0 | 0.9.0a | 0.9.0b | 0.9.0c | 0.9.5_a | 0.9.5_b | 0.9.5_c | 0.9.5_d | 0.9.5a | 0.9.5b | 0.9.5c | 0.9.5d | 0.9_a | 0.9_b | 0.9_c | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4

  • libzip2libzip2

    ≤ 1.0.5

References (35)