Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources Affecting ZDoom/gzdoom package, versions [,4.14.3)


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Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ZDOOMGZDOOM-14192428
  • published5 Dec 2025
  • disclosed3 Dec 2025
  • creditMorthimer McMare

Introduced: 3 Dec 2025

NewCVE-2025-54065  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-913  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ZDoom/gzdoom to version 4.14.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources via the handling of ZScript actor states. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious FState and VMFunction structures to manipulate function pointers and state transitions, resulting in the execution of attacker-controlled bytecode.

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version 4.0
version 3.1