CVE-2025-4638

EUVD-2025-14916
A vulnerability exists in the inftrees.c component of the zlib library, which is bundled within the PointCloudLibrary (PCL). This issue may allow context-dependent attackers to cause undefined behavior by exploiting improper pointer arithmetic.

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 42.68%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
pointcloudspoint_cloud_library
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< 1.14.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
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Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
pcl
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
jammy
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
oracular
ignored
plucky
ignored
questing
ignored
resolute
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage