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Vulnerability · Published Apr 8, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-3409Nothings stb stb_include_string stack-based overflow

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity stack buffer overflow in stb from Nothings. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12libstbno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-3409
Debian:13libstbno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-3409
Debian:14libstbno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-3409
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlibstbno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-3409
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibstbno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-3409
Ubuntu:25.10libstbno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-3409
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlibstbno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-3409
Ubuntu:26.10libstbno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-3409

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Nothings stb f056911

Weakness: CWE-121, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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