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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2008-1372 json

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…

published 2008-03-18 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1379

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • bzip2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.5-0.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1372

  • bzip2 RHEL 2.1 1.0.1-5.EL2.1
  • bzip2 RHEL 3 1.0.2-12.EL3
  • bzip2 RHEL 4 1.0.2-14.el4_7
  • bzip2 RHEL 5 1.0.3-4.el5_2
  • bzip2-libs RHEL 2.1 1.0.1-5.EL2.1
  • bzip2-libs RHEL 3 1.0.2-12.EL3
  • bzip2-libs RHEL 4 1.0.2-14.el4_7
  • bzip2-libs RHEL 5 1.0.3-4.el5_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0893

  • bzip2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0.8-3.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10667-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-1372 updated

bzip2: crash on malformed archive file

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 bzip2 1.0.2-12.EL3, bzip2-libs 1.0.2-12.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) bzip2 1.0.3-4.el5_2, bzip2-libs 1.0.3-4.el5_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 bzip2 1.0.1-5.EL2.1, bzip2-libs 1.0.1-5.EL2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 bzip2 1.0.2-12.EL3, bzip2-libs 1.0.2-12.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 bzip2 1.0.2-14.el4_7, bzip2-libs 1.0.2-14.el4_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) bzip2 1.0.3-4.el5_2, bzip2-libs 1.0.3-4.el5_2
    +9 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 bzip2 1.0.2-14.el4_7, bzip2-libs 1.0.2-14.el4_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) bzip2 1.0.3-4.el5_2, bzip2-libs 1.0.3-4.el5_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 bzip2 1.0.1-5.EL2.1, bzip2-libs 1.0.1-5.EL2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 bzip2 1.0.2-12.EL3, bzip2-libs 1.0.2-12.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 bzip2 1.0.2-14.el4_7, bzip2-libs 1.0.2-14.el4_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 bzip2 1.0.1-5.EL2.1, bzip2-libs 1.0.1-5.EL2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 bzip2 1.0.2-12.EL3, bzip2-libs 1.0.2-12.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 bzip2 1.0.2-14.el4_7, bzip2-libs 1.0.2-14.el4_7 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 bzip2 1.0.1-5.EL2.1, bzip2-libs 1.0.1-5.EL2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0893

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Exploit prediction

4.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28286 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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