Vulnerability · Published May 14, 2025 · Assigned by GovTech CSG
CVE-2025-4640Out-of-bounds Write in pcl
High 8.3
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds write in pcl from PointCloudLibrary. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in PointCloudLibrary pcl allows Overflow Buffers. 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | pcl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-4640 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | pcl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-4640 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | pcl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-4640 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PointCloudLibrary | pcl | 0 – before <1.15.0 |
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber