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CVE-2016-3189 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in bzip2recover in bzip2 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a...

published 2016-06-30 10 y ago modified 2026-10-14 26 d ago also EUVD-2016-4230 , JLSEC-2025-10

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.7%
EPSS 15.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • julia Bzip2_jll 1.0.7+0
  • julia Python_jll 3.10.7+0
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • bzip2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.6-8.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3189

  • bzip2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1
  • bzip2 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.0.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3189

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • bzip2 SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2 +12 more 1.0.6-30.5.1
  • bzip2 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 1.0.5-34.256.5.1
  • bzip2 SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 1.0.6-5.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1955-1SUSE-SU-2019:14122-1SUSE-SU-2019:1206-2SUSE-SU-2019:1206-1

  • bzip2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0.8-3.2
  • bzip2 openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.0.6-lp151.5.3.1
  • bzip2 openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.0.6-lp150.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10667-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1435-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1398-1

  • bzip2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +18 more 1.0.6-r5

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-3189

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • bzip2 Arch Linux 1.0.6-6

arch linux advisories AVG-4

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-3189 updated cvss 4.3

bzip2: heap use after free in bzip2recover

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 bzip2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 bzip2, bzip2-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 bzip2, bzip2-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-348-10 updated cvss 6.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5
    affected: fixed in V3.1.5, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
17 mo ago

Exploit prediction

15.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Bzip2_jll
<1.0.7+0
1.0.7+0
julia Python_jll
<3.10.7+0
3.10.7+0

Affected products

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.