Advisories

GNU Barcode 0.99 Buffer Overflow in Code 93 Encoding Mechanism

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severity
high
date
Affecting
  • GNU Barcode 0.99

CWE
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
CVSS
8.5
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab
Description
GNU Barcode 0.99 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in its code 93 encoding process that allows attackers to trigger memory corruption. Attackers can exploit boundary errors during input file processing to potentially execute arbitrary code on the affected system.