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CVE-2023-29419
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2023-04-06 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-125
Description
An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 before 1.2.3. There is a bz3_decode_block out-of-bounds read.
Affected products
- Bzip3 Project Bzip3: before 1.2.3 — fixed in 1.2.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Bzip3 Project Bzip3 1.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/commit/8ec8ce7d3d58bf42dabc47e4cc53aa27051bd602
- https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/compare/1.2.2...1.2.3
- https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/issues/92
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4JLSE25SV7K2NB6FTFT4UHJOJUHBHYHY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NA7S7HDUAINOTCSWQZ5LIW756DYY22V2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMLFV2FJK3CM7NJLVPZI5RUAFQZICPWW/
- https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/commit/8ec8ce7d3d58bf42dabc47e4cc53aa27051bd602
- https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/compare/1.2.2...1.2.3
- https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/issues/92
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4JLSE25SV7K2NB6FTFT4UHJOJUHBHYHY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NA7S7HDUAINOTCSWQZ5LIW756DYY22V2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMLFV2FJK3CM7NJLVPZI5RUAFQZICPWW/
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