Zint Barcode Generator before 2.10.0 has a one-byte buffer over-read, related to is_last_single_ascii in code1.c, and rs_encode_uint in reedsol.c.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2021-39247 is rated Exploit Available (56.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 0.28% | 0.24% | -0.05% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.24% | 0.28% | +0.05% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.24% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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2.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2021-39247 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (zint), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-39247 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2021-39247 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (zint), 15 status rows across 15 suites (bionic, focal, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6, ignored 4, DNE 3, needs-triage 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-39247 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| zint | barcode_generator | < 2.10.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zint:barcode_generator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://sourceforge.net/p/zint/code/ci/9b02cd52214e80f945bff41fc94bc1e17e15810c/ | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://sourceforge.net/p/zint/tickets/232/ | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |