Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 11, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-2173
CVE-2025-2173
Description
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.
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Affected products
17- osv-coords14 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/zvbi&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/zvbi&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/zvbi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/zvbi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/zvbi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/zvbi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/zvbi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/zvbi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/zvbi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/zvbi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/zvbi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/zvbi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/zvbi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/zvbi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5
< 0.2.35-150000.4.3.1+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-150000.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.44-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-150000.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-150000.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-150000.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-150000.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-150000.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-150000.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-150000.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-150000.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-150000.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.35-150000.4.3.1
Patches
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References
6- github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/commit/8def647eea27f7fd7ad33ff79c2d6d3e39948dcenvdPatch
- github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/security/advisories/GHSA-g7cg-7gw9-v8cfnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- vuldb.comnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- vuldb.comnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/zapping-vbi/zvbi/releases/tag/v0.2.44nvdRelease Notes
- vuldb.comnvdPermissions RequiredVDB Entry
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