PT-2026-44373
CVE-2026-42250
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Published
2026-05-28
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Updated
2026-09-07
Description by
CVSS 4.0
4.8
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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.
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