CVE catalog

CVE-2008-1372

bzip2: CVE-2008-1372

Severity: Medium
Published: Mar 18, 2008, 9:44:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 4.52% · Oct 25, 2026

bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file that triggers a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	bzip2	sid	`1.0.8-6`	fixed
Debian	bzip2	forky	`1.0.8-6`	fixed
Debian	bzip2	trixie	`1.0.8-6`	fixed
Debian	bzip2	bookworm	`1.0.8-5`	fixed
Opensuse	bzip2	tumbleweed	`1.0.8-3.2`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	bzip2	source	sid	`1.0.5-0.1`	low	Not reported	[471670]
Debian	bzip2	source	forky	`1.0.5-0.1`	low	Not reported	[471670]
Debian	bzip2	source	trixie	`1.0.5-0.1`	low	Not reported	[471670]
Debian	bzip2	source	bookworm	`1.0.5-0.1`	low	Not reported	[471670]
Opensuse	bzip2	rpm	tumbleweed	`1.0.8-3.2`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10667-1	Not reported

[Debian bug #471670]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[bzip2-doc]Unknown
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (1)
- 1.0.8-6.1 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 1.0.8-3.2
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · bzip2 · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libbz2-1]Unknown
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (1)
- 1.0.8-6.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 1.0.8-3.2
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · bzip2 · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libbz2-1-32bit]Unknown
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (1)
- 1.0.8-6.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 1.0.8-3.2
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · bzip2 · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libbz2-1-x86-64-v3]Unknown
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (1)
- 1.0.8-6.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 1.0.8-3.2
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · bzip2 · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libbz2-devel]Unknown
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (1)
- 1.0.8-6.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 1.0.8-3.2
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · bzip2 · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libbz2-devel-32bit]Unknown
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (1)
- 1.0.8-6.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 1.0.8-3.2
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · bzip2 · opensuse · tumbleweed
[bzip2]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (1)
- 1.0.8-6.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.8-3.2
  dsa · bzip2 · opensuse · tumbleweed

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[bzip2]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
- 1.0.8-5+b1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
- 1.0.8-5+b1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
[bzip2-doc]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
- 1.0.8-5 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
- 1.0.8-5 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
[libbz2-1.0]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
- 1.0.8-5+b1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
- 1.0.8-5+b1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
[libbz2-dev]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
- 1.0.8-5+b1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
- 1.0.8-5+b1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[bzip2]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1.0.8-6 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
- 1.0.8-6 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
[bzip2-doc]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
- 1.0.8-6 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
- 1.0.8-6 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
[libbz2-1.0]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
- 1.0.8-6 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
- 1.0.8-6 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
[libbz2-dev]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
- 1.0.8-6 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
- 1.0.8-6 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.5-0.1
  dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:04:05 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]