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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6100

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6100 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.100000381469727 CRITICAL

Use-after-free (UAF) was possible in the `lzma.LZMADecompressor`, `bz2.BZ2Decompressor`, and `gzip.GzipFile` when a memory allocation fails with a `MemoryError` and the decompression instance is re-used. This scenario can be triggered if the process is under memory pressure. The fix cleans up the dangling pointer in this specific error condition. The vulnerability is only present if the program re-uses decompressor instances across multiple decompression calls even after a `MemoryError` is raised during decompression. Using the helper functions to one-shot decompress data such as `lzma.decompress()`, `bz2.decompress()`, `gzip.decompress()`, and `zlib.decompress()` are not affected as a new decompressor instance is used per call. If the decompressor instance is not re-used after an error condition, this usage is similarly not vulnerable.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
9.100000381469727
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14python3.143.14.3-1, 3.14.3-3, 3.14.3-4
Debian:11python3.90, 3.9.2-1, 3.9.2-1+deb11u2
Debian:12python3.113.11.2-6, 3.11.9-1, 3.11.8-3
Debian:14python3.133.13.9-1, 0, 3.13.11-1
Debian:11python2.72.7.18-13.2, 2.7.18-13.1, 2.7.18-13
Debian:13python3.130, 0, 3.13.5-2

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Apr 13, 2026 CVE Published
  • May 16, 2026 CVE Updated
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