CVE-2025-2173 (GCVE-0-2025-2173)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-11 06:31 – Updated: 2025-03-11 13:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
libzvbi conv.c vbi_strndup_iconv_ucs2 uninitialized pointer
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-11 13:46 UTC
Assigner
VulDB
CNA
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://vuldb.com/?id.299202 | vdb-entrytechnical-description |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.299202 | signaturepermissions-required |
| https://vuldb.com/?submit.512798 | third-party-advisory |
| https://github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/security/advi… | related |
| https://github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/commit/8def64… | patch |
| https://github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/releases/tag/… | patch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | libzvbi |
Affected:
0.2.0
Affected: 0.2.1 Affected: 0.2.2 Affected: 0.2.3 Affected: 0.2.4 Affected: 0.2.5 Affected: 0.2.6 Affected: 0.2.7 Affected: 0.2.8 Affected: 0.2.9 Affected: 0.2.10 Affected: 0.2.11 Affected: 0.2.12 Affected: 0.2.13 Affected: 0.2.14 Affected: 0.2.15 Affected: 0.2.16 Affected: 0.2.17 Affected: 0.2.18 Affected: 0.2.19 Affected: 0.2.20 Affected: 0.2.21 Affected: 0.2.22 Affected: 0.2.23 Affected: 0.2.24 Affected: 0.2.25 Affected: 0.2.26 Affected: 0.2.27 Affected: 0.2.28 Affected: 0.2.29 Affected: 0.2.30 Affected: 0.2.31 Affected: 0.2.32 Affected: 0.2.33 Affected: 0.2.34 Affected: 0.2.35 Affected: 0.2.36 Affected: 0.2.37 Affected: 0.2.38 Affected: 0.2.39 Affected: 0.2.40 Affected: 0.2.41 Affected: 0.2.42 Affected: 0.2.43 |
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.