CVE-2012-2098

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-310

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 29, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-2098: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix