What is CVE-2023-29479?

CVE-2023-29479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ribose Rnp, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-29479?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Ribose Rnp

CVE-2023-29479

Ribose RNP before 0.16.3 may hang when the input is malformed.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2023-04-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ribose Rnp

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.rnpgp.org/blog/2023-04-13-rnp-release-0-16-3/ (Release Notes)
cve.ribose.com/advisories/ra-2023-04-11/ (Vendor Advisory)
open.ribose.com/advisories/ra-2023-04-11/

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-29479?: CVE-2023-29479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ribose Rnp, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-29479?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.