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CVE-2025-2173

CVE-2025-2173 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM

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.

EPSS 0.28% · 51.4th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
6.900000095367432
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS Score
0.28%
51.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
n/alibzvbi0.2.1, 0.2.0, 0.2.3
zapping-vbizvbi0

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Mar 11, 2025 CVE Published
  • Mar 11, 2025 PoC Published
  • Mar 11, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Mar 12, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Mar 22, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
  • Mar 26, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Apr 8, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Apr 22, 2025 EPSS Score
  • May 5, 2025 EPSS Score
  • May 19, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Jun 2, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Jun 15, 2025 EPSS Score

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