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CVE-2009-1884

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1884 is an off-by-one error in the bzinflate function within the Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module for Perl, affecting versions prior to 2.018, as well as related bzip2 implementations. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) through a crafted bzip2 compressed stream, due to a buffer overflow. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.017CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:compress-raw-bzip2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.00_10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:compress-raw-bzip2:2.0.00_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.00_12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:compress-raw-bzip2:2.0.00_12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.00_14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:compress-raw-bzip2:2.0.00_14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:compress-raw-bzip2:2.0.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0259 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1884Moderate

perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2: Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function - DoS (crash)

Aug 18, 2009

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/36386
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36415
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/52628
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00982.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00999.html
securityfocus.com / bid/36082
Patch