CVE-2025-52937 Vulnerability in PointCloudLibrary PCL
Attackers can exploit a bundled third-party component in older PCL versions or non-default builds to potentially execute arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-52937?
CVE-2025-52937 is a low-severity vulnerability in PointCloudLibrary pcl, published on 23 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability in PointCloudLibrary PCL (surface/src/3rdparty/opennurbs modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files crc32.C.
This vulnerability is only relevant if the PCL version is older than 1.14.0 or the user specifically requests to not use the system zlib (WITH_SYSTEM_ZLIB=FALSE).
Weakness: CWE-494
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52937?
How do I fix CVE-2025-52937?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52937 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-52937 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52937 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2fqm-p827-242q, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52937.