Use-after-free vulnerability in bzip2recover in bzip2 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to…
Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-416Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.15685 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:bzip:bzip2:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.0.6 | Vulnerable | Bzip |
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.7.0 to before 3.7.13; 3.8.0 to before 3.8.13; 3.9.0 to before 3.9.11; 3.10.0 to before 3.10.3 | Vulnerable | python-pillow |
- cpe:2.3:a:bzip:bzip2:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.6 Vulnerable ·Bzip
- cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.7.0 to before 3.7.13; 3.8.0 to before 3.8.13; 3.9.0 to before 3.9.11; 3.10.0 to before 3.10.3 Vulnerable ·python-pillow
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-3189
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mg3q-2g68-qp7w
References
Advisory 12
- GLSA-201708-08
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190624 [SECURITY] [DLA 1833-1] bzip2 security update
- USN-4038-2
- USN-4038-1
- 20190715 [slackware-security] bzip2 (SSA:2019-195-01)
- FreeBSD-SA-19:18
- 20190806 FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319648
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153644/Slackware-Security-Advisory-bzip2-Updates.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153957/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-18.bzip2.html
Other 11
- [oss-security] 20160620 CVE-2016-3189: bzip2 use-after-free on bzip2recover
- [kafka-dev] 20200413 [jira] [Created] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.
- [kafka-jira] 20200413 [jira] [Created] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.
- [kafka-jira] 20200413 [jira] [Updated] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.
- [kafka-users] 20200413 CVEs for the dependency software guava and rocksdbjni of Kafka
- [kafka-jira] 20200414 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.
- [kafka-jira] 20210729 [jira] [Comment Edited] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.
- [kafka-jira] 20210729 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.
- [kafka-jira] 20210729 [jira] [Resolved] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.
- [kafka-dev] 20210729 [jira] [Resolved] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.
- [kafka-jira] 20210729 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.
Sources
- CVE-2016-3189 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-3189 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mg3q-2g68-qp7w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-3189 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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