5.1

CVE-2010-0405: bzip bzip2 Numeric Errors

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2010:0703RHSA-2010:0858DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0405
Published 28-09-2010Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-0405 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) Numeric Errors vulnerability in bzip bzip2. EPSS estimates a 3.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.1/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10571-1

Timeline

  1. 28-09-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.30% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat4 products
  • bzip2< 0:1.0.2-14.EL3 | < 0:1.0.2-16.el4_8 | < 0:1.0.3-6.el5_5 | < 0:1.0.5-7.el6_0
  • bzip2-debuginfo< 0:1.0.2-14.EL3 | < 0:1.0.2-16.el4_8 | < 0:1.0.3-6.el5_5 | < 0:1.0.5-7.el6_0
  • bzip2-devel< 0:1.0.2-14.EL3 | < 0:1.0.2-16.el4_8 | < 0:1.0.3-6.el5_5 | < 0:1.0.5-7.el6_0
  • bzip2-libs< 0:1.0.2-14.EL3 | < 0:1.0.2-16.el4_8 | < 0:1.0.3-6.el5_5 | < 0:1.0.5-7.el6_0
Debian2 products
  • bzip2< 1.0.5-1+lenny1 | < 1.0.5-6
  • clamav< 0.96.3+dfsg-1
Bzip1 product
  • bzip2≤ 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
Libzip21 product
Opensuse1 product
  • bzip2&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.0.6-37.82

5 vendors · 9 products

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