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CVE-2009-1884

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2009-08-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Perl PerlBzip Compress-Raw-Bzip2

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References