Incorrect Pointer Scaling Affecting PointCloudLibrary/pcl package, versions [,1.14.0-rc1)
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- published2 Jul 2025
- disclosed14 May 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 14 May 2025
CVE-2025-4638 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade PointCloudLibrary/pcl to version 1.14.0-rc1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Pointer Scaling through the inftrees.c component. An attacker can cause undefined behavior by exploiting improper pointer arithmetic. This is only exploitable if the PCL version is older than 1.14.0 or the user specifically requests to not use the system zlib.