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.
- EPSS
- 13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-310
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apache:commons_compress
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-6fxm-66hq-fc96 | Maven | org.apache.commons:commons-compress | <1.4.1 | 1.4.1 |
References
- http://ant.apache.org/security.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html
- http://commons.apache.org/compress/security.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html