Vulnerability in Apache Commons_compress

CVE-2012-2098

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing stream (BZip2CompressorOutputStream) in Apache Commons Compress before 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a f…

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.125 (95.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2098?
CVE-2012-2098 is a vulnerability in Apache Commons_compress, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2012-06-29.
Is CVE-2012-2098 known to be exploited?
7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.