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Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2018-25153

HIGH7.5

GNU Barcode 0.99 Memory Leak Vulnerability in Command Line Processing

Published Dec 24, 2025

Modified 3 weeks ago

No fix available

Details

GNU Barcode 0.99 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the command line processing function within cmdline.c. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted input that causes unfreed memory allocations, potentially leading to denial of service conditions.

References

WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/26/1 WEBhttps://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Barcode ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25153 DETECTIONhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44798 WEBhttps://www.gnu.org/software/barcode/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v4.0

6.9

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Attack Requirements

NoneAT:N

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Vulnerable System

Vuln. Confidentiality

NoneVC:N

Vuln. Integrity

NoneVI:N

Vuln. Availability

HighVA:H

Subsequent System

Subseq. Confidentiality

NoneSC:N

Subseq. Integrity

NoneSI:N

Subseq. Availability

NoneSA:N

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

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 24, 2025

ModifiedDec 26, 2025

CVE-2018-25153 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence