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CVE-2008-1372

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1372 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in bzip2 versions prior to 1.0.5, specifically within the bzlib.c component. This flaw allows a user-assisted remote attacker to crash the application by providing a specially crafted file that triggers a buffer over-read. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a partial availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:bzip2:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.5aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:bzip2:0.9.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.5bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:bzip2:0.9.5b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.5cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:bzip2:0.9.5c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.5dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:bzip2:0.9.5d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0452 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: bzip2-0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: bzip2-0:1.0.2-12.EL3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: bzip2-0:1.0.2-14.el4_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: bzip2-0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1372Moderate

bzip2: crash on malformed archive file

Mar 18, 2008

References

ftp.netbsd.org / pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc
kb.vmware.com / kb/1006982
kb.vmware.com / kb/1007198
kb.vmware.com / kb/1007504
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
bugs.gentoo.org / attachment.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/29410
secunia.com / advisories/29475
secunia.com / advisories/29497
secunia.com / advisories/29506
secunia.com / advisories/29656
secunia.com / advisories/29677
secunia.com / advisories/29698
secunia.com / advisories/29940
secunia.com / advisories/31204
secunia.com / advisories/31869
secunia.com / advisories/31878
secunia.com / advisories/36096
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200903-40.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41249
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10067
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6467
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.apple.com / kb/HT3757
usn.ubuntu.com / 590-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00165.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00225.html
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0118
bzip.org / CHANGES
cert.fi / haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
ee.oulu.fi / research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-02.xml
ipcop.org / index.php
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/813451
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0893.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489968/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28286
Exploit
securitytracker.com / id
slackware.org / security/viewer.php
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0915
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2557
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2172