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 file with many repeating inputs.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.128 (96.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.128 · newest: 0.128 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- osvdb.org/82161 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/49255 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/49286 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
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.