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CVE-2026-41907

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Description

uuid is for the creation of RFC9562 (formerly RFC4122) UUIDs. Prior to 14.0.0, v3, v5, and v6 accept external output buffers but do not reject out-of-range writes (small buf or large offset). This allows silent partial writes into caller-provided buffers. This vulnerability is fixed in 14.0.0.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.1 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-04-24 19:17:14.490000
Last modified
2026-10-26 21:10:00.170000
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