CWE-457
AllowedUse of Uninitialized Variable
Abstraction: Variant · Status: Draft
The code uses a variable that has not been initialized, leading to unpredictable or unintended results.
301 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-XVXX-4FR3-55XV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-07 21:31 – Updated: 2026-01-12 18:30Panda3D versions up to and including 1.10.16 deploy-stub contains a denial of service vulnerability due to unbounded stack allocation. The deploy-stub executable allocates argv_copy and argv_copy2 using alloca() based directly on the attacker-controlled argc value without validation. Supplying a large number of command-line arguments can exhaust stack space and propagate uninitialized stack memory into Python interpreter initialization, resulting in a reliable crash and undefined behavior.
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"details": "Panda3D versions up to and including 1.10.16 deploy-stub contains a denial of service vulnerability due to unbounded stack allocation. The deploy-stub executable allocates argv_copy and argv_copy2 using alloca() based directly on the attacker-controlled argc value without validation. Supplying a large number of command-line arguments can exhaust stack space and propagate uninitialized stack memory into Python interpreter initialization, resulting in a reliable crash and undefined behavior.",
"id": "GHSA-xvxx-4fr3-55xv",
"modified": "2026-01-12T18:30:24Z",
"published": "2026-01-07T21:31:56Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/panda3d/panda3d"
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"url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/panda3d-deploy-stub-stack-exhaustion-via-unbounded-alloca"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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Mitigation MIT-57
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
Ensure that critical variables are initialized before first use [REF-1485].
Mitigation
Strategy: Compilation or Build Hardening
Most compilers will complain about the use of uninitialized variables if warnings are turned on.
Mitigation
When using a language that does not require explicit declaration of variables, run or compile the software in a mode that reports undeclared or unknown variables. This may indicate the presence of a typographic error in the variable's name.
Mitigation
Strategy: Language Selection
Choose a language that is not susceptible to these issues.
Mitigation
Mitigating technologies such as safe string libraries and container abstractions could be introduced.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.