CVE-2023-40889: Zbar Project Zbar

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the qr_reader_match_centers function of ZBar 0.23.90. Specially crafted QR codes may lead to information disclosure and/or arbitrary code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker can digitally input the malicious QR code, or prepare it to be physically scanned by the vulnerable scanner.

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Published 2023-08-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.