CVE-2023-29419
MediumPublic PoC
Published: 06 April 2023
Published
06 April 2023
Modified
05 March 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-32988
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.