# CVE-2025-13397: mrubyc alloc.c mrbc\_raw\_realloc null pointer dereference

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2025-11-19 · Updated: 2025-11-19

## Affected

- n/a mrubyc: 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

## Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in mrubyc up to 3.4. This impacts the function mrbc_raw_realloc of the file src/alloc.c. Such manipulation of the argument ptr leads to null pointer dereference. An attack has to be approached locally. The name of the patch is 009111904807b8567262036bf45297c3da8f1c87. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a mrubyc, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.332925
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.332925
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.692130
- https://github.com/mrubyc/mrubyc/issues/244
- https://github.com/mrubyc/mrubyc/issues/244#issuecomment-3400382026
- https://github.com/mrubyc/mrubyc/commit/009111904807b8567262036bf45297c3da8f1c87

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