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CVE-2009-1884

N/A

Published: August 19, 2009 at 05:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorCompress Raw BZIP2· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Compress Raw BZIP2 · Bzip

95%

v ≤ 2.0172.0.00_10 2.0.00_12 2.0.00_14 2.0.01 2.0.02 2.0.03 2.0.05 2.0.06 2.0.08 2.0.09 2.010 2.011 2.012 2.014 2.015

perl-perl (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Perl · Perlcpan

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (9)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/36386

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/36415

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Source: [email protected]

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36082

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281955

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518278

VDB Entryx_refsource_XF

Source: [email protected]

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52628

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA

Source: [email protected]

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00982.html

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-189

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