CVE-2021-37136

HIGH7.5EPSS 1.2%

Bzip2Decoder doesn't allow setting size restrictions for decompressed data

Published: 9/9/2021Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

The Bzip2 decompression decoder function doesn't allow setting size restrictions on the decompressed output data (which affects the allocation size used during decompression). All users of Bzip2Decoder are affected. The malicious input can trigger an OOME and so a DoS attack

Affected packages (6)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (20)