CVE-2018-25154

8.5 highEPSS 0.4%

High (8.5). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GNU Barcode 0.99 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in its code 93 encoding process that allows attackers to trigger memory corruption. Attackers can exploit boundary errors during input file processing to potentially execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.5 high

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2025-12-24
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Barcode
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44797
https://www.gnu.org/software/barcode/

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