CVE-2025-27611 (GCVE-0-2025-27611)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-04-30 19:36
Modified
2025-05-01 18:49
Severity ?
8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-1007 - Insufficient Visual Distinction of Homoglyphs Presented to User
Summary
base-x is a base encoder and decoder of any given alphabet using bitcoin style leading zero compression. Versions 4.0.0, 5.0.0, and all prior to 3.0.11, are vulnerable to attackers potentially deceiving users into sending funds to an unintended address. This issue has been patched in versions 3.0.11, 4.0.1, and 5.0.1.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cryptocoinjs base-x Version: = 5.0.0
Version: = 4.0.0
Version: < 3.0.11
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