Description
Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs in the Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module before 2.018 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a crafted bzip2 compressed stream that triggers a buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2009-1391.
Published: 2009-08-19
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1879 Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs in the Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module before 2.018 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a crafted bzip2 compressed stream that triggers a buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2009-1391.
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Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2
Perl Perl
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:27:54.590Z

Reserved: 2009-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1884

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-19T17:30:00.953

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-1884

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-08-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1884 - Bugzilla

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