UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27799

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-27799
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27799.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27799
Upstream
Published
2021-02-26T22:15:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:04:51.435708744Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

eanleadingzeroes in backend/upcean.c in Zint Barcode Generator 2.9.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow that is reachable from the C API through an application that includes the Zint Barcode Generator library code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / zint

Package

Name
zint
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/zint?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.9.1-1.1
2.10.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libzint2.10",
            "binary_version": "2.10.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zint",
            "binary_version": "2.10.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zint-qt",
            "binary_version": "2.10.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27799.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / zint

Package

Name
zint
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/zint?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.12.0-1
2.13.0-1
2.13.0-1build2
2.13.0-1build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libzint2.13",
            "binary_version": "2.13.0-1build3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zint",
            "binary_version": "2.13.0-1build3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zint-qt",
            "binary_version": "2.13.0-1build3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27799.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / zint

Package

Name
zint
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/zint?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.13.0-1build3
2.15.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libzint2.15",
            "binary_version": "2.15.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zint",
            "binary_version": "2.15.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zint-qt",
            "binary_version": "2.15.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27799.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / zint

Package

Name
zint
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/zint?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.15.0-1
2.15.0-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libzint2.15",
            "binary_version": "2.15.0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zint",
            "binary_version": "2.15.0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zint-qt",
            "binary_version": "2.15.0-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27799.json"