CVE-2026-42250
Published: June 2, 2026Last modified: June 17, 2026
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
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | bzip2 | Fixed (1.0.8-r5) |
| 25 LTS | bzip2 | Fixed (1.0.8-r7) | |
| Stream | bzip2 | Fixed (1.0.8-r7) | |
| Hardened Containers | 23 LTS | bzip2 | Fixed (1.0.8-r5) |
| 25 LTS | bzip2 | Fixed (1.0.8-r7) | |
| Stream | bzip2 | Fixed (1.0.8-r7) |