CVE-2023-22895 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the bzip2 Rust crate, affecting versions prior to 0.4.4. This flaw allows an attacker to trigger an integer overflow by providing a large file, leading to a system crash. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and can result in a complete loss of availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bzip2_project:bzip2:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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The bzip2 crate before 0.4.4 for Rust allow attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that triggers an integer overflow in mem.rs. NOTE: this is unrelated to the https://crates.io/crates/bzip2-rs product.
Jan 10, 2023bzip2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that triggers an integer overflow
Jan 10, 2023