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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…

Medium6.5EPSS 15.7%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
mitre

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-3189, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
CISA-ADPADP (enrichment)3.1Medium6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Medium6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
15.7% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.

Weakness

Affected products

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Record last updated .