CVE - CVE-2025-2173

CVE-ID
CVE-2025-2173	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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MISC:Submit #512798 \| Open Source libzvbi 0.2.43 Unitinialized Heap Read URL:https://vuldb.com/?submit.512798 MISC:VDB-299202 \| CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) URL:https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.299202 MISC:VDB-299202 \| libzvbi conv.c vbi_strndup_iconv_ucs2 uninitialized pointer URL:https://vuldb.com/?id.299202 MISC:https://github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/commit/8def647eea27f7fd7ad33ff79c2d6d3e39948dce URL:https://github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/commit/8def647eea27f7fd7ad33ff79c2d6d3e39948dce MISC:https://github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/releases/tag/v0.2.44 URL:https://github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/releases/tag/v0.2.44 MISC:https://github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/security/advisories/GHSA-g7cg-7gw9-v8cf URL:https://github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/security/advisories/GHSA-g7cg-7gw9-v8cf
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Date Record Created
20250310	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20250310)
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