#VU79708 Out-of-bounds read in Bzip3 - CVE-2023-29417 

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#VU79708 Out-of-bounds read in Bzip3 - CVE-2023-29417

Published: August 18, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79708
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29417
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Bzip3
Software vendor:
Bzip3 Project

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read within the bz3_decompress() function in libbzip3.a. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted archive to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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