CVE-2016-3189

Summary

CVECVE-2016-3189
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-30 17:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionUse-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | CWE-416 | n/a | CWE-416 CWE-416 Use After Free


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bzip Bzip2 1.0.6 All All All
Application Python Python All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Bzip2 Use-After-Free Memory Error in bzip2recover Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Application to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-4038-2: bzip2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
bzip2: Denial of Service (GLSA 201708-08) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.FreeBSD.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1833-1] bzip2 security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
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FreeBSD Security Advisory - FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2 ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Slackware Security Advisory - bzip2 Updates ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2016-3189: bzip2 use-after-free on bzip2recover af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
bzip2 '/bzip2recover.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-4038-1: bzip2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1319648 – (CVE-2016-3189) CVE-2016-3189 bzip2: heap use after free in bzip2recover af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: [slackware-security] bzip2 (SSA:2019-195-01) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500084 Alpine Linux Security Update for bzip2
  • 503757 Alpine Linux Security Update for bzip2
  • 671089 EulerOS Security Update for bzip2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-2560)
  • 710351 Gentoo Linux bzip2 Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (GLSA 201708-08)
  • 900017 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for bzip2 1.0.6
  • 903363 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for bzip2 (1946)
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