Is CVE-2012-2098 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-2098 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-2098?

CVE-2012-2098 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-2098?

CVE-2012-2098 has an EPSS score of 12.61% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2098?

Upgrade libcommons-compress-java on debian 11 to 1.4.1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-2098

MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-310Cryptographic Issues

How to fix

Remediation Available

libcommons-compress-javaDebian

Fixed in:1.4.1-1CVE-2012-2098

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

12.61%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory3

Third-Party Advisory12

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-310 (Cryptographic Issues) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-3566	Low	3.4	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-4000	Low	3.7	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-0204	Medium	4.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-2107	Medium	5.9	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0800	Medium	5.9	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-8684	Critical	9.8	72%	-	-

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