CVE-2018-25153 in Barcode

Summary

by MITRE • 12/24/2025

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.

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• Responsible: VulnCheck
• Reservation: 12/24/2025
• Disclosure: 12/24/2025
• Moderation: revoked
• Entry: VDB-338341
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-401 (confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 7.5 (CNA)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25153
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25153
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-25153/