Out-of-bounds Write Affecting bzip2-doc package, versions <1.0.8-160000.3.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-BZIP2DOC-20261560
  • published29 Sept 2026
  • disclosed4 Sept 2026

Introduced: 4 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-42250  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 bzip2-doc to version 1.0.8-160000.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bzip2-doc package and not the bzip2-doc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1