CVE-2009-1884

N/A Unknown
Published: August 19, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36386
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36415
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36082
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/36386
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36415
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36082
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281955
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518278
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52628
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.3%
80th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

bzip perl