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libstb — security advisory
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Nothings stb up to f056911. This affects the function stb_include_string. The manipulation of the argument path_to_includes leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
- Products
- libstb
- Affected versions
- 0.0~git20190817.1.052dce1-1, 0.0~git20200713.b42009b+ds-1, 0.0~git20210910.af1a5bc+ds-1, 0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1, 0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.1, 0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.2, 0.0~git20240715.f7f20f39fe4f+ds-1, 0.0~git20241109.5c20573+ds-1, 0.0~git20250907.fede005+ds-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-3409
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:48 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Nothings stb up to f056911. This affects the function stb_include_string. The manipulation of the argument path_to_includes leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3409
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Complete source record
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