VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-42250
EPSS probability0.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-28
Last modified2026-06-17
Description
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
Weakness classification
- cvd@cert.pl: CWE-787