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CVE-2026-42250 (GCVE-0-2026-42250)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-05-28 13:15 – Updated: 2026-06-05 07:47 X_Open Source
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Off-by-One Leading to Out-of-Bounds Write in bzip2
Summary
bzip2 contains an off‑by‑one error in the bzip2recover utility. When processing a specially crafted file, the application performs an out‑of‑bounds write to a global buffer, resulting in memory corruption and a crash (denial of service).
This issue was fixed in bzip2 patch 35d122a3df8b0cc4082a4d89fdc6ee99f375fe67
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-28 14:22 UTC
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/05/CVE-2026-42250/ | third-party-advisory |
| https://sourceware.org/bzip2/ | product |
| https://inbox.sourceware.org/bzip2-devel/20260528… | vendor-advisory |
| https://sourceware.org/cgit/bzip2/commit/?id=35d1… | patch |
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CVE-2026-42250 (GCVE-0-2026-42250)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 13:15 – Updated: 2026-06-05 07:47 X_Open Source
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Off-by-One Leading to Out-of-Bounds Write in bzip2
Summary
bzip2 contains an off‑by‑one error in the bzip2recover utility. When processing a specially crafted file, the application performs an out‑of‑bounds write to a global buffer, resulting in memory corruption and a crash (denial of service).
This issue was fixed in bzip2 patch 35d122a3df8b0cc4082a4d89fdc6ee99f375fe67
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-28 14:22 UTC
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
4 references
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| https://sourceware.org/bzip2/ | product |
| https://inbox.sourceware.org/bzip2-devel/20260528… | vendor-advisory |
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