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CVE-2025-13397 — A security vulnerability has been detected in mrubyc up to 3.4

Medium CVSS 5.5

A security vulnerability has been detected in mrubyc up to 3.4. This impacts the function mrbc_raw_realloc of the file src/alloc.c. Such manipulation of the argument ptr leads to null pointer dereference. An attack has to be approached locally. The name of the patch is 009111904807b8567262036bf45297c3da8f1c87. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2025-11-19
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-404, CWE-476

Affected products

  • s-itoc / mruby/c

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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