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CVE-2008-1372

bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted f

bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file that triggers a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.07739
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  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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Affected Products & Versions

1
bzip bzip2all versions

Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 28286www.securityfocus.com

Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD18 Mar 2008 · 09:44 PM

Vendor Advisories

3
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10667-1
rhsaRHSA-2008:0893Moderate
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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