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CVE-2025-4638 Details

Description

A vulnerability exists in the inftrees.c component of the zlib library, which is bundled within the PointCloudLibrary (PCL). This issue may allow context-dependent attackers to cause undefined behavior by exploiting improper pointer arithmetic. Since version 1.14.0, PCL by default uses a zlib installation from the system, unless the user sets WITH_SYSTEM_ZLIB=FALSE. So this potential vulnerability is only relevant if the PCL version is older than 1.14.0 or the user specifically requests to not use the system zlib.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl/blob/master/surface/CMakeLists.txt#L70 [email protected]Product
https://github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl/commit/502bd2b013ce635f21632d523aa8cf2e04f7b7ac [email protected]Patch
https://github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl/pull/6245 [email protected]Issue TrackingPatch

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
pointclouds point cloud library
< 1.14.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:pointclouds:point_cloud_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-4638
NVD Published Date:
May 14, 2025
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2025-4638 Details - Not Deferred