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CVE-2008-1372

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2008-03-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file that triggers a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

Affected Platforms

Bzip Bzip2

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References