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CVE

CVE-2023-40889

Heap-based buffer overflow in ZBar
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CVE

CVE-2023-40889

Heap-based buffer overflow in ZBar

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the qrreadermatch_centers function of ZBar 0.23.90. Specially crafted QR codes may lead to information disclosure and/or arbitrary code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker can digitally input the malicious QR code, or prepare it to be physically scanned by the vulnerable scanner.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
9.8
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
9.8
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Related Resources

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40889, https://github.com/mchehab/zbar, https://hackmd.io/@cspl/B1ZkFZv23, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00001.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/25LZZQJGGZRPLKTRNRNOTAFQJIPS7WRP, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DC7V5YCLCPB36J2KY6WLZCABFLBRB665, https://pypi.org/project/zbar, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mhp6-jvpx-2p4m

Severity

9.8

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Base CVSS
9.8
EPSS Probability
0.01542%
EPSS Percentile
0.7215%
Introduced Version
0,0.10
Fix Available
0.23.93

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