When was CVE-2005-1260 disclosed?

CVE-2005-1260 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 19, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-1260 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-1260 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 93.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-1260?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-1260, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-1260

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

bzip2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hard drive consumption) via a crafted bzip2 file that causes an infinite loop (a.k.a "decompression bomb").

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 93.1%
KEV: Not listed

References (40)

secalert@redhatftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
secalert@redhathttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
secalert@redhathttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/15447
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/19183
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/27274
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/27643
secalert@redhathttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1
secalert@redhathttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1
secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741
secalert@redhathttp://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
secalert@redhathttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html

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