What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-2173?

CVE-2025-2173 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.4%.

Which versions of Suse are affected by CVE-2025-2173?

Organizations using libzvbi should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-2173 rated CVSS 5.3. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-2173?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running libzvbi and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Vendor patch is available.

Suse CVE-2025-2173

MEDIUM

Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824)

2025-03-11 cna@vuldb.com

Buffer Overflow Suse

5.3

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.3 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SUSE

MEDIUM

qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 19:52 vuln.today

Patch released

Oct 03, 2025 - 00:26 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Mar 11, 2025 - 07:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.3

DescriptionCVE.org

A vulnerability was found in libzvbi up to 0.2.43. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function vbi_strndup_iconv_ucs2 of the file src/conv.c. The manipulation of the argument src_length leads to uninitialized pointer. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.2.44 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 8def647eea27f7fd7ad33ff79c2d6d3e39948dce. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer was informed beforehand about the issues. She reacted very fast and highly professional.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability (CWE-824: Access of Uninitialized Pointer) affects A vulnerability was found in libzvb. was found in libzvbi up to 0.2.43. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function vbi_strndup_iconv_ucs2 of the file src/conv.c. The manipulation of the argument src_length leads to uninitialized pointer. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.2.44 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 8def647eea27f7fd7ad33ff79c2d6d3e39948dce. It is recommended to upgrade the affected

Affected ProductsAI

Product: A vulnerability was found in libzvb. Versions: up to 0.2.43..

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available — apply it immediately. Restrict network access to the affected service where possible.

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Vendor StatusVendor

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Severity: Medium

Product	Status
Container containers/lmcache-vllm-openai:0.3.2-1.2 Container containers/open-webui:0.5.14-9.9 Container containers/vllm-openai:0.9.1-1.2 Container suse/kiosk/firefox-esr:esr Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image ai_15_6	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS	Fixed

CVE-2025-2173 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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Same weakness CWE-824 – Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Same technique Buffer Overflow

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