CVE-2016-3189
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 23.7%bzip2 - security update
Published: 6/30/2016Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2016-3189DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3189
Description
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/bzip2from 0, < 1.0.6-r5
- Debian/bzip2from 0, < 1.0.6-8.1
- Debian/bzip2from 0, < 1.0.6-7+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |