CVE-2018-25153

medium

Description

GNU Barcode 0.99 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the command line processing function within cmdline.c. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted input that causes unfreed memory allocations, potentially leading to denial of service conditions.

References

https://www.gnu.org/software/barcode/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44798

https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Barcode

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/26/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-24

Updated: 2025-12-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00028