CVE-2026-33491 (GCVE-0-2026-33491)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-26 18:39 – Updated: 2026-03-27 03:55
VLAI
Title
Zen-C has Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in Identifier Mangling
Summary
Zen C is a systems programming language that compiles to human-readable GNU C/C11. Prior to version 0.4.4, a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Zen C compiler allows attackers to cause a compiler crash or potentially execute arbitrary code by providing a specially crafted Zen C source file (`.zc`) with excessively long struct, function, or trait identifiers. Users are advised to update to Zen C version v0.4.4 or later to receive a patch.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
zenc-lang zenc Affected: < 0.4.4
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