PT-2026-44373 · Bzip2+2 · Bzip2+2
CVSS v4.0
4.8
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
bzip2 versions prior to 1.0.9
Description
The bzip2recover utility contains an off-by-one error. When processing a specially crafted file, the application performs an out-of-bounds write to a global buffer, which leads to memory corruption and a crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Recommendations
Update to version 1.0.9.
Fix
DoS
Memory Corruption
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Linuxmint
Ubuntu
Bzip2