Vulnerability Report

CVE-2019-12900

RCE

Title: Python RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2019-12900.

CWE Category CWE-787
Published Date Jun 19, 2019
Modified Date Jun 09, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
8.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2019-12900: BZ2_decompress in decompress.c in bzip2 through 1.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write when there are many selectors.

Impacted Vendors

B
bzip2_project 1
B
bzip 1
P
python 1
P
python_software_foundation 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00040.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00050.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00078.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00000.html 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 https://gitlab.com/federicomenaquintero/bzip2/commit/74de1e2e6ffc9d51ef9824db71a8ffee5962cdbc https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra0adb9653c7de9539b93cc8434143b655f753b9f60580ff260becb2b%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rce8cd8c30f60604b580ea01bebda8a671a25c9a1629f409fc24e7774%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rda98305669476c4d90cc8527c4deda7e449019dd1fe9936b56671dd4%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00021.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00014.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00012.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00018.html https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/4 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/22 https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2.asc https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K68713584?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4146-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4146-2/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00040.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00050.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00078.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00000.html 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 https://gitlab.com/federicomenaquintero/bzip2/commit/74de1e2e6ffc9d51ef9824db71a8ffee5962cdbc https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra0adb9653c7de9539b93cc8434143b655f753b9f60580ff260becb2b%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rce8cd8c30f60604b580ea01bebda8a671a25c9a1629f409fc24e7774%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rda98305669476c4d90cc8527c4deda7e449019dd1fe9936b56671dd4%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00021.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00014.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00012.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00018.html https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/4 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/22 https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2.asc https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K68713584?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4146-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4146-2/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2019-12900 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.