Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting zvbi package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-ZVBI-9397164
  • published12 Mar 2025
  • disclosed11 Mar 2025

Introduced: 11 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2025-2173  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:12 zvbi.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zvbi package and not the zvbi package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in libzvbi up to 0.2.43. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function vbi_strndup_iconv_ucs2 of the file src/conv.c. The manipulation of the argument src_length leads to uninitialized pointer. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.2.44 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 8def647eea27f7fd7ad33ff79c2d6d3e39948dce. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer was informed beforehand about the issues. She reacted very fast and highly professional.

CVSS Base Scores

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