CVE-2025-4638 (GCVE-0-2025-4638)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-14 17:59 – Updated: 2025-05-15 13:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Improper Pointer Arithmetic in pcl
Summary
A vulnerability exists in the inftrees.c component of the zlib library, which is bundled within the PointCloudLibrary (PCL). This issue may allow context-dependent attackers to cause undefined behavior by exploiting improper pointer arithmetic.
Since version 1.14.0, PCL by default uses a zlib installation from the system, unless the user sets WITH_SYSTEM_ZLIB=FALSE. So this potential vulnerability is only relevant if the PCL version is older than 1.14.0 or the user specifically requests to not use the system zlib.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-15 13:48 UTC
CWE
- CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Assigner
GovTech CSG
CNA
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PointCloudLibrary | pcl |
Affected:
0 , < <1.15.0
(git)
|
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