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
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Information
Published : 2026-05-28 14:16
Updated : 2026-06-17 10:47
NVD link : CVE-2026-42250
Mitre link : CVE-2026-42250
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42250
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Products Affected
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CWE
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
