VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-3189

Use-after-free vulnerability in bzip2recover in bzip2 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted bzip2 file, related to block ends set to before the start of the block.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 15.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 15.68% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-416
Affected: bzip/bzip2 · python/python
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 15.7% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153644/Slackware-Security-Advisory-bzip2-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153957/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-18.bzip2.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/1Mailing List
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91297Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036132Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319648Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r19b4a70ac52093115fd71d773a7a4f579599e6275a13cfcf6252c3e3%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1dc4c9b3bd559301bdb1557245f78b8910146efb1ee534b774c5f6af%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r481cda41fefb03e04c51484ed14421d812e5ce9e0972edff10f37260%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4ad2ea01354e394b7fa8c78a184b7e1634d51be9bc0e9e4d7e6c9305%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f7ac2bd631ccb12ced65b71ff11f94e76d05b22000795e4a7b61203%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f80cf3ade5bb73410643e885fe6b7bf9f0222daf3533e42c7ae240c%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6e3962fc9f6a79851f70cffdec5759065969cec9c6708b964464b301%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra0adb9653c7de9539b93cc8434143b655f753b9f60580ff260becb2b%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/redf17d8ad16140733b25ca402ae825d6dfa9b85f73d9fb3fd0c75d73%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rffebcbeaace56ff1fed7916700d2f414ca1366386fb1293e99b3e31e%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/22Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2.ascThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-08Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-1/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-2/Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153644/Slackware-Security-Advisory-bzip2-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153957/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-18.bzip2.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/1Mailing List
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91297Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.