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CVE-2010-0405

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0405 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the BZ2_decompress function of bzip2 and libbzip2 versions prior to 1.0.6. This flaw allows attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted compressed file. With a CVSS score of 5.1, it has a network attack vector, high attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:bzip2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:bzip2:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:bzip2:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.0aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:bzip2:0.9.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.0bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip:bzip2:0.9.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0330 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: bzip2-0:1.0.2-14.EL3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: bzip2-0:1.0.2-16.el4_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: bzip2-0:1.0.3-6.el5_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: bzip2-0:1.0.5-7.el6_0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0405Important

bzip2: integer overflow flaw in BZ2_decompress

Sep 20, 2010

References

blogs.sun.com / security/entry/cve_2010_0405_integer_overflow
git.clamav.net / gitweb
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051278.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051366.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html
marc.info
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/41452
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/41505
secunia.com / advisories/42350
secunia.com / advisories/42404
secunia.com / advisories/42405
secunia.com / advisories/42529
secunia.com / advisories/42530
secunia.com / advisories/48378
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201301-05.xml
support.apple.com / kb/HT4581
wwws.clamav.net / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
wwws.clamav.net / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
bzip.org
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0703.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0858.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/515055/100/0/threaded
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-986-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-986-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-986-3
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0019.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2455
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3043
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3052
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3073
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3126
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3127
xorl.wordpress.com / 2010/09/21/cve-2010-0405-bzip2-integer-overflow