CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-40889
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-08-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the qr_reader_match_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.
Affected configurations
• zbar project zbar 0.23.90
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://hackmd.io/%40cspl/B1ZkFZv23 hackmd.io
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00001.html lists.debian.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/25LZZQJGGZRPLKTRNRNOTAFQJIPS7WRP/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DC7V5YCLCPB36J2KY6WLZCABFLBRB665/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://hackmd.io/%40cspl/B1ZkFZv23 hackmd.io
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00001.html lists.debian.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/25LZZQJGGZRPLKTRNRNOTAFQJIPS7WRP/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DC7V5YCLCPB36J2KY6WLZCABFLBRB665/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DC7V5YCLCPB36J2KY6WLZCABFLBRB665/ lists.fedoraproject.org