Bzip2
Vendor:
First CVE: Aug 12, 2002 · Active for 23 years
10
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 88% of tracked products
1.4
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 56% of tracked products
4.7
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 6% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Bzip2 over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Aug 12, 2002
23 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 19, 2019
2,592 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Bzip210 CVEs
30%
60%
10%
All CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumCritical
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network2 (20.0%)
Unknown8 (80.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low2 (20.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown8 (80.0%)
User Interaction
None1 (10.0%)
Unknown8 (80.0%)
Required1 (10.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None2 (20.0%)
Unknown8 (80.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
10 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2019-12900CRITICAL BZ2_decompress in decompress.c in bzip2 through 1.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write when there are many selectors. | Jun 19, 2019 | 9.8 | 34 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-3189MEDIUM Use-after-free vulnerability in bzip2recover in bzip2 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted bzip2 file, related to block ends set to befo | Jun 30, 2016 | 6.5 | 29 | NO | NO |
CVE-2011-4089MEDIUM The bzexe command in bzip2 1.0.5 and earlier generates compressed executables that do not properly handle temporary files during extraction, which allows local users to execute arb | Apr 16, 2014 | 4.6 | 28 | NO | YES |
CVE-2010-0405MEDIUM Integer overflow in the BZ2_decompress function in decompress.c in bzip2 and libbzip2 before 1.0.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application cras | Sep 28, 2010 | 5.1 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-1260MEDIUM bzip2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hard drive consumption) via a crafted bzip2 file that causes an infinite loop (a.k.a "decompression bomb"). | May 19, 2005 | 5.0 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2008-1372MEDIUM bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file that triggers a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by the | Mar 18, 2008 | 4.3 | 15 | NO | NO |
CVE-2002-0759MEDIUM bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly other operating systems, does not use the O_EXCL flag to create files during decompression and | Aug 12, 2002 | 5.0 | 15 | NO | NO |
Race condition in bzip2 1.0.2 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permiss | May 2, 2005 | 3.7 | 14 | NO | NO |
bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly systems, uses the permissions of symbolic links instead of the actual files when creating an ar | Aug 12, 2002 | 2.1 | 11 | NO | NO |
Race condition in bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly other operating systems, decompresses files with world-readable permissions b | Aug 12, 2002 | 1.2 | 10 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
1 CVE
10.0% of CVEs· 89th percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Bzip2
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.6 | 1 | 6.5 | 15.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.0.4 | 1 | 5.1 | 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.0.3 | 3 | 4.7 | 2.9% | 0 | 1 |
| 1.0.2 | 4 | 4.4 | 2.3% | 0 | 1 |
| 1.0.1 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.6% | 0 | 1 |
| 1.0 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.6% | 0 | 1 |
| 0.9_c | 3 | 4.4 | 2.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9_b | 3 | 4.4 | 2.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9_a | 3 | 4.4 | 2.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9.5_d | 2 | 4.4 | 1.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9.5d | 5 | 3.5 | 2.0% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9.5_c | 2 | 4.4 | 1.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9.5c | 5 | 3.5 | 2.0% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9.5_b | 2 | 4.4 | 1.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9.5b | 5 | 3.5 | 2.0% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9.5_a | 2 | 4.4 | 1.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9.5a | 5 | 3.5 | 2.0% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9.0c | 4 | 3.4 | 1.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9.0b | 4 | 3.4 | 1.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9.0a | 4 | 3.4 | 1.3% | 0 | 0 |