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CVE-2010-0405 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0405_integer_overflow CVE, MITRE
http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bhb=clamav-0.96.3 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051278.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051366.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128506868510655&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/41452 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/41505 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/42350 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/42404 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/42405 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/42529 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/42530 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48378 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-05.xml CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 CVE, MITRE
http://www.bzip.org/ CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0703.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0858.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515055/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-986-2 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-986-3 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-986-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0019.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2455 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3043 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3052 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3073 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3126 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3127 CVE, MITRE
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/cve-2010-0405-bzip2-integer-overflow/ CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627882 CVE, MITRE
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2230 CVE, MITRE
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2231 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-0405
NVD Published Date:
09/28/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
MITRE