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Out-of-bounds read In bzip2

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

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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Affected version

1-10 of 18

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