Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-88809.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-88809
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-42250
Published
2026-05-28T14:16:19Z
Modified
2026-08-31T05:26:27Z
Summary
CVE-2026-42250 affecting package bzip2 for versions less than 1.0.8-2
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / bzip2

Package

Name
bzip2
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/bzip2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.8-2

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-88809.json"