What is CVE-2023-29418?

CVE-2023-29418 is a medium vulnerability published on April 6, 2023. An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 before 1.2.3. There is an xwrite out-of-bounds read.

When was CVE-2023-29418 disclosed?

CVE-2023-29418 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 6, 2023, with the most recent update on March 5, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2023-29418 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-29418 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 70.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-29418?

CVE-2023-29418 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2023-29418?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-29418, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2023-29418

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—Elevated

6.5

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

CVSS v3: 6.5
EG Score: 6.5(medium)
EPSS: 70.4%
KEV: Not listed

References (12)

cve@mitrehttps://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/commit/aae16d107f804f69000c09cd92027a140968cc9d
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/compare/1.2.2...1.2.3
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/issues/92
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4JLSE25SV7K2NB6FTFT4UHJOJUHBHYHY/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NA7S7HDUAINOTCSWQZ5LIW756DYY22V2/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMLFV2FJK3CM7NJLVPZI5RUAFQZICPWW/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/commit/aae16d107f804f69000c09cd92027a140968cc9d
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/compare/1.2.2...1.2.3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/issues/92
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4JLSE25SV7K2NB6FTFT4UHJOJUHBHYHY/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NA7S7HDUAINOTCSWQZ5LIW756DYY22V2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMLFV2FJK3CM7NJLVPZI5RUAFQZICPWW/

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