Input validation error - CVE-2010-0405

 

Input validation error - CVE-2010-0405

Published: September 28, 2010 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33980
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0405
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor:
Affected software:

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2010-0405

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources