PT-2025-53373 · Unknown+1 · Gnu Barcode+1

Published 2025-12-24 · Updated 2026-01-29 · CVE-2018-25153

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Barcode version 0.99

Description The software contains a memory leak issue in the command line processing function within the cmdline.c file. An attacker can exploit this by providing crafted input, leading to unfreed memory allocations and potentially causing a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-25153

Affected Products

Debian

Gnu Barcode

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-25153 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-25153 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25153 · Security Note
• https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44798 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/26/1 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/146917 · Telegram Post
• https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Barcode · Note
• https://gnu.org/software/barcode · Note