VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-1260

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability6.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-05-19
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

bzip2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hard drive consumption) via a crafted bzip2 file that causes an infinite loop (a.k.a "decompression bomb").

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references