Bzip2 Decompression Bomb Vulnerability

CVE-2005-1260 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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").

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