MEDIUM
perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2: Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function - DoS (crash)
Published Aug 19, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.59%
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.
Affected products
No data.
AND
OR
- ≤ 2.017
- 2.0.00_10
- 2.0.00_12
- 2.0.00_14
- 2.0.01
- 2.0.02
- 2.0.03
- 2.0.05
- 2.0.06
- 2.0.08
- 2.0.09
- 2.010
- 2.011
- 2.012
- 2.014
- 2.015
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.59% 0.02586
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02586
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.59% (0.02586) | 84.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.08% (0.02080) | 79.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.12% (0.01123) | 76.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.99% (0.03989) | 80.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.14% (0.01135) | 76.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00260) | 66.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 17, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00260) | 64.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00289) | 68.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00289) | 64.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00295) | 64.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36386 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36415 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36082 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1884 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281955 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518278 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52628 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1884
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1884
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00982.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00999.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36386 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36415 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36082 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1884 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281955 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518278 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52628 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1884 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1884 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00982.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00999.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Aug 19, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 2, 2009
Link CVE-2009-1884
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a