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CVE-2016-3189
Published:June 30, 2016
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Related Resources (30)
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3189
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra0adb9653c7de9539b93cc8434143b655f753b9f60580ff260becb2b%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-12900
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-08
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00021.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036132
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6e3962fc9f6a79851f70cffdec5759065969cec9c6708b964464b301%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/1
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rffebcbeaace56ff1fed7916700d2f414ca1366386fb1293e99b3e31e%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153957/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-18.bzip2.html
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/4
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-2/
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r19b4a70ac52093115fd71d773a7a4f579599e6275a13cfcf6252c3e3%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/22
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/redf17d8ad16140733b25ca402ae825d6dfa9b85f73d9fb3fd0c75d73%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2.asc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319648
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91297
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r481cda41fefb03e04c51484ed14421d812e5ce9e0972edff10f37260%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/r5f7ac2bd631ccb12ced65b71ff11f94e76d05b22000795e4a7b61203%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-1/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-3189
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-3189
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4ad2ea01354e394b7fa8c78a184b7e1634d51be9bc0e9e4d7e6c9305%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153644/Slackware-Security-Advisory-bzip2-Updates.html
https://bugs.python.org/issue44549
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1dc4c9b3bd559301bdb1557245f78b8910146efb1ee534b774c5f6af%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Use After Free
CWE-416
EPSS
Base Score:
23.71