Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-29419

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 06 April 2023

Published
06 April 2023
Modified
05 March 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0061 70.3th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-29419 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Bzip3 Project Bzip3. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 29.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 before 1.2.3. There is a bz3_decode_block out-of-bounds read.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

bzip3 project
bzip3
≤ 1.2.3

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References