CVE-2016-3189
moderate-risk
Published 2016-06-30
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.
Do I need to act?
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23.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 76% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
References (50)
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153644/Slackware-Security-Advisory-bzip2-Up...
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153957/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA...
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91297
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036132
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319648
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00021.html
Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/4
Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/22
and 30 more references
45
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
14/34 · Moderate
Exposure
7/34 · Low