CVE-2016-3189
bzip2 - security update
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 23.7%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-3189
To remediate CVE-2016-3189, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/bzip2—upgrade to 1.0.6-r5 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.6-8.1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.6-7+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2016-3189 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 23.7%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.0.6-r5
- from 0, < 1.0.6-8.1
- from 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 |