CVE-2010-0405
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the BZ2_decompress function in decompress.c in bzip2 and libbzip2 before 1.0.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted compressed file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0436)
- Published
- September 28, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0436 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- bzip / bzip2
- libzip2 / libzip2
References
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0405_integer_overflow
- http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bhb=clamav-0.96.3
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051278.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051366.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128506868510655&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41452(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41505
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42404
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42405
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42529
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42530
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48378
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-05.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
- http://www.bzip.org/
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0703.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0858.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515055/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-986-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-986-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-986-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0019.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2455
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3043
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3052
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3073
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3126
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3127
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/cve-2010-0405-bzip2-integer-overflow/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627882
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2230
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2231
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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