VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-12900
BZ2_decompress in decompress.c in bzip2 through 1.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write when there are many selectors.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 7.98%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
BZ2_decompress in decompress.c in bzip2 through 1.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write when there are many selectors.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.98% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- bzip/bzip2 · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap · canonical/ubuntu linux · freebsd/freebsd · python/python
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00040.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00050.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00078.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third 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
- https://gitlab.com/federicomenaquintero/bzip2/commit/74de1e2e6ffc9d51ef9824db71a8ffee5962cdbcPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra0adb9653c7de9539b93cc8434143b655f753b9f60580ff260becb2b%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rce8cd8c30f60604b580ea01bebda8a671a25c9a1629f409fc24e7774%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rda98305669476c4d90cc8527c4deda7e449019dd1fe9936b56671dd4%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/22Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2.ascPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K68713584?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4146-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4146-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00040.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00050.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00078.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third 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
- https://gitlab.com/federicomenaquintero/bzip2/commit/74de1e2e6ffc9d51ef9824db71a8ffee5962cdbcPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.