CVE-2026-42250

Name: CVE-2026-42250
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2026-05-28T14:16:19.89+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 4.8/10EPSS 0.13%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

This CVE is reserved or awaiting analysis. Details will appear once published by NVD.

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

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

4.8/10

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS Probability

0.13%

2.7th percentile

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

References

Timeline

Published: May 28, 2026
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Awaiting Analysis

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Source: NVD / NIST