CVE-2018-25154 | THREATINT

Description

GNU Barcode 0.99 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in its code 93 encoding process that allows attackers to trigger memory corruption. Attackers can exploit boundary errors during input file processing to potentially execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-24 | Published 2025-12-24 | Updated 2025-12-24 | Assigner VulnCheck

HIGH: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CRITICAL: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Out-of-bounds Write

Product status

0.99

affected

Credits

LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44797 (ExploitDB-44797) exploit

www.gnu.org/software/barcode/ (GNU Barcode Official Product Page) product

directory.fsf.org/wiki/Barcode (FSF Directory Entry for Barcode) product

cve.org (CVE-2018-25154)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2018-25154)

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