A vulnerability was found in libzvbi up to 0.2.43. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function vbi_strndup_iconv_ucs2 of the file src/conv.c. The manipulation of the argument src_length leads to integer overflow. The attack can be launched 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 named ca1672134b3e2962cd392212c73f44f8f4cb489f. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer was informed beforehand about the issues. She reacted very fast and highly professional.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00119.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Zapping-vbi
  • Zvbi

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zapping-vbi:zvbi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/commit/ca1672134b3e2962cd392212c73f44f8f4cb489f cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/releases/tag/v0.2.44 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/security/advisories/GHSA-g7cg-7gw9-v8cf cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.299203 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?id.299203 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?submit.512800 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Zapping-vbi
Zapping-vbi zvbi
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:zapping-vbi:zvbi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Zapping-vbi
Zapping-vbi zvbi

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00111}

 epss

{'score': 0.00152}

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 06:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was found in libzvbi up to 0.2.43. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function vbi_strndup_iconv_ucs2 of the file src/conv.c. The manipulation of the argument src_length leads to integer overflow. The attack can be launched 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 named ca1672134b3e2962cd392212c73f44f8f4cb489f. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer was informed beforehand about the issues. She reacted very fast and highly professional.
Title libzvbi conv.c vbi_strndup_iconv_ucs2 integer overflow
Weaknesses CWE-189
CWE-190
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-11T13:40:54.884Z

Reserved: 2025-03-10T17:26:56.285Z

Link: CVE-2025-2174

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-11T13:25:16.336Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-11T07:15:36.887

Modified: 2025-10-03T00:25:40.883

Link: CVE-2025-2174

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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