CVE-2008-1372 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-1372

bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

bzip2
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9, 0.9.5a, 0.9.5b, 0.9.5c, 0.9.5d, 0.9_a, 0.9_b, 0.9_c, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3

Timeline

Official Publish: March 18th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.