| Name | CVE-2018-25154 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| barcode (PTS) | bullseye | 0.99-4 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.99-6 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid, trixie | 0.99-9 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| barcode | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-barcode/2018-05/msg00002.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44797
Crash in CLI tool, negligible security impact