CVE-2005-1260
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").
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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").
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.15% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- bzip/bzip2 · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · apple/mac os x
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 6.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.ascBroken Link
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041Broken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15447Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19183Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27274Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643Third Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1Broken Link
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741Third Party Advisory
- http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.htmlPermissions Required
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525Permissions Required
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868Permissions Required
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/Third Party Advisory
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.ascBroken Link
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041Broken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15447Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19183Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27274Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643Third Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1Broken Link
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.