Amazon Ion-C Uninit Stack Read <1.1.4 (CVE-2025-12829)
CVE-2025-12829 Published on November 7, 2025
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-12829 can be exploited with local system access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Out-of-bounds Read
The software reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can allow attackers to read sensitive information from other memory locations or cause a crash. A crash can occur when the code reads a variable amount of data and assumes that a sentinel exists to stop the read operation, such as a NUL in a string. The expected sentinel might not be located in the out-of-bounds memory, causing excessive data to be read, leading to a segmentation fault or a buffer overflow. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent read operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-12829
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Affected Versions
Amazon Ion-C Version 1.1.4 is unaffected by CVE-2025-12829Exploit Probability
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