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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 ...

4.3 MediumFix available

CVE-2008-1372 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Bzip Bzip2, published March 18, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.52%, the 91st percentile. Fixed in bzip2 1.0.5-0.1.

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.

Exploit likelihood

4.52%Up 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

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.

Record
CVE-2008-1372
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-1372
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-1379 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-1379
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-prgg-m9pm-qvgm No score

bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...

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.

Record
GHSA-prgg-m9pm-qvgm
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-1372
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1372 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1372
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10667-1 No score

bzip2-1.0.8-3.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the bzip2-1.0.8-3.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10667-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
bzip2
Debian:12
 before 1.0.5-0.1
1.0.5-0.1
bzip2
Debian:13
 before 1.0.5-0.1
1.0.5-0.1
bzip2
Debian:14
 before 1.0.5-0.1
1.0.5-0.1
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
 before 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
 before 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
 before 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
 before 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
 before 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
 before 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
 before 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
 before 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
 before 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
 before 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
 before 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
 before 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:1.0.2-12.EL3
0:1.0.2-12.EL3
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
bzip2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
bzip2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
bzip2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
bzip2-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
bzip2-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
bzip2-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
bzip2
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 1.0.8-3.2
1.0.8-3.2

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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