CVE-2008-1372 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Bzip2

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents7 sources

Severity

4.3MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

7.7%

top 8.05%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Bzip Bzip2 Debian Bzip2

Timeline

PublishedMar 18

Latest updateMay 3

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/bzip2< bzip2 1.0.5-0.1 (bookworm)

▶Debianbzip/bzip2< 1.0.5-0.1+3

▶NVDbzip/bzip212 versions+11

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-prgg-m9pm-qvgm: bzlib↗2022-05-03

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OSV

CVE-2008-1372: bzlib↗2008-03-18

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📋Vendor Advisories

Ubuntu

bzip2 vulnerability↗2008-03-24

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Red Hat

bzip2: crash on malformed archive file↗2008-03-18

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Debian

CVE-2008-1372: bzip2 - bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a d...↗2008

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2008-1372 bzip2: crash on malformed archive file↗2008-03-19

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