cryptocoinjs base-x up to 3.0.10/4.0.0/5.0.0 homoglyph

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in cryptocoinjs base-x up to 3.0.10/4.0.0/5.0.0. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in homoglyph. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-27611. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in cryptocoinjs base-x up to 3.0.10/4.0.0/5.0.0. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a homoglyph vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-1007. The product displays information or identifiers to a user, but the display mechanism does not make it easy for the user to distinguish between visually similar or identical glyphs (homoglyphs), which may cause the user to misinterpret a glyph and perform an unintended, insecure action. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

base-x is a base encoder and decoder of any given alphabet using bitcoin style leading zero compression. Versions 4.0.0, 5.0.0, and all prior to 3.0.11, are vulnerable to attackers potentially deceiving users into sending funds to an unintended address. This issue has been patched in versions 3.0.11, 4.0.1, and 5.0.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-27611 since 03/03/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 241447 (RHEL 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.8 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2025:10452)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 3.0.11, 4.0.1 or 5.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (241447). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• cryptocoinjs

Name

• base-x

Version

• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.6
• 3.0.7
• 3.0.8
• 3.0.9
• 3.0.10
• 4.0
• 5.0

Website

• Product: https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/base-x/

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