MEDIUM
bzip2: integer overflow flaw in BZ2_decompress
Published Sep 28, 2010
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.30%
Description
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 crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted compressed file.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.0.5
- 0.9
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.0a
- 0.9.0b
- 0.9.0c
- 0.9.5_a
- 0.9.5_b
- 0.9.5_c
- 0.9.5_d
- 0.9.5a
- 0.9.5b
- 0.9.5c
- 0.9.5d
- 0.9_a
- 0.9_b
- 0.9_c
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- ≤ 1.0.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
bzip2-0:1.0.2-14.EL3
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0703
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
bzip2-0:1.0.2-16.el4_8
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0703
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
bzip2-0:1.0.3-6.el5_5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0703
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
bzip2-0:1.0.5-7.el6_0
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0858
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | bzip2-0:1.0.2-14.EL3 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0703 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | bzip2-0:1.0.2-16.el4_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0703 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | bzip2-0:1.0.3-6.el5_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0703 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | bzip2-0:1.0.5-7.el6_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0858 |
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.
5.1 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.30% 0.03297
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03297
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.30% (0.03297) | 88.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.23% (0.03234) | 86.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 16, 2026 | 7.69% (0.07688) | 91.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.21% (0.09210) | 91.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.88% (0.13885) | 90.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.87% (0.05870) | 89.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.72% (0.02720) | 90.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 2.72% (0.02720) | 89.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.94% (0.01936) | 86.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.23% (0.04229) | 87.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.23% (0.04229) | 86.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.23% (0.04229) | 69.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (38)
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0405_integer_overflow x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bhb=clamav-0.96.3 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051278.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051366.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128506868510655&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41452 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41505 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42350 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42404 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42405 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42529 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42530 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48378 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.bzip.org/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0703.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0858.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515055/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-986-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-986-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-986-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0019.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2455 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3043 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3052 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3073 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3126 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3127 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/cve-2010-0405-bzip2-integer-overflow/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0405 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627882 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0405
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0405
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2230 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2231 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 28, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 27, 2010
Link CVE-2010-0405
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a