Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting intel/tinycbor package, versions [,0.6.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-INTELTINYCBOR-12427404
  • published2 Sept 2025
  • disclosed12 Aug 2025
  • creditLinRaymond2006

Introduced: 12 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-20025  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade intel/tinycbor to version 0.6.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion via uncontrolled recursion in the process. An attacker can cause a system crash or resource exhaustion by providing specially crafted input during local authenticated access.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1