CVE-2025-12829
What it is
An uninitialized stack read issue exists in Amazon Ion-C versions <v1.1.4 that may allow a threat actor to craft data and serialize it to Ion text in such a way that sensitive data in memory could be exposed through UTF-8 escape sequences. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.1.4.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.9 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds read
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 6.9
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/amazon-ion/ion-c/releases/tag/v1.1.4
- https://github.com/amazon-ion/ion-c/security/advisories/GHSA-7mgf-6x73-5h7r