CVE-2009-1884
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.
Published:Aug 18, 2009
Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
EPS:Aug 19, 2009
EPSS Score:0.01263
CVSS Score:4.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Bzip
Product
Compress-raw-bzip2
Bzip
Compress-raw-bzip2
Vendor
Perl
Product
Perl
Perl
Perl
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Changed
Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
None
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Availability
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High
