CVE-2023-29421 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability found in libbzip3.a within bzip3 versions prior to 1.2.3, specifically in the bz3_decode_block function. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bzip3_project:bzip3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.