Description
BZ2_decompress in decompress.c in bzip2 through 1.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write when there are many selectors.
Published: 2019-06-19
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1833-1 bzip2 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1833-2 bzip2 regression update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1953-1 clamav security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1953-2 clamav regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-4478 BZ2_decompress in decompress.c in bzip2 through 1.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write when there are many selectors.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4038-1 bzip2 vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4038-2 bzip2 vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4146-1 ClamAV vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4146-2 ClamAV vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00040.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00050.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00078.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153644/Slackware-Security-Advisory-bzip2-Updates.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153957/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-18.bzip2.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.com/federicomenaquintero/bzip2/commit/74de1e2e6ffc9d51ef9824db71a8ffee5962cdbc cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra0adb9653c7de9539b93cc8434143b655f753b9f60580ff260becb2b%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rce8cd8c30f60604b580ea01bebda8a671a25c9a1629f409fc24e7774%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rda98305669476c4d90cc8527c4deda7e449019dd1fe9936b56671dd4%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00014.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00012.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00018.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12900 cve-icon
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/22 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2.asc cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K68713584?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-2/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4146-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4146-2/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12900 cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat camel K
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:camel_k:1.10.9
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat camel K

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title bzip2: out-of-bounds write in function BZ2_decompress bzip2: bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing (with data integrity tests fail).
Weaknesses CWE-1214
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

threat_severity

Low

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Subscriptions

Bzip Bzip2
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Freebsd Freebsd
Opensuse Leap
Python Python
Redhat Camel K Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-09T15:57:25.396Z

Reserved: 2019-06-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-12900

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:32:55.554Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-06-19T23:15:09.910

Modified: 2025-06-09T16:15:29.623

Link: CVE-2019-12900

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-11-15T10:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-12900 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses