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CVE-2009-1884

Published: Aug 19, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-189
4.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.6%
Top 16.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs in the Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module before 2.018 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a crafted bzip2 compressed stream that triggers a buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2009-1391.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected Products

bzip
oss-projectaka compress-raw-bzip2, bzip2
compress-raw-bzip2Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/36386
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/36415
secunia.com
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
security.gentoo.org
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