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CVE-2023-29421

28
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bzip3_project:bzip3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0092 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / kspalaiologos/bzip3/compare/1.2.2...1.2.3
Release Notes
github.com / kspalaiologos/bzip3/issues/94
ExploitIssue TrackingPatch
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4JLSE25SV7K2NB6FTFT4UHJOJUHBHYHY
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NA7S7HDUAINOTCSWQZ5LIW756DYY22V2
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMLFV2FJK3CM7NJLVPZI5RUAFQZICPWW