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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8484
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Jansi JNI "ioctl()" wrapper due to a lack of size verification for the argument array before the sy...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Jansi JNI "ioctl()" wrapper due to a lack of size verification for the argument array before the system call. This can lead to heap corruption and application crashes (DoS). All versions are believed to be vulnerable. This project is unmaintained at the time of CVE assignment.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
jansi
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13
jansi
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14
jansi
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:12
jansi-native
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13
jansi-native
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14
jansi-native
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org