CVE-2023-40890

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40890
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-40890.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-40890
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-08-29T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-05-18T05:55:30.382932836Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the lookup_sequence 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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "mitre",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40890.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/mchehab/zbar

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/mchehab/zbar
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
24e9739746b6f5bf2bca15ccdb47210a76153a77
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:zbar_project:zbar:0.23.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_FIELD",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.23.90"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.1
0.10
0.11-pre
0.2
0.20
0.20.1
0.21
0.21-rc1
0.22
0.22.1
0.22.2
0.22.90
0.22.91
0.22.92
0.23
0.23.1
0.23.90
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-40890.json"