CVE-2025-12829
An uninitialized stack read issue exists in Amazon Ion-C versions <v1.1.4 that may allow a threat actor to craft data and serialize it to Ion text in such a way that sensitive data in memory could be exposed through UTF-8 escape sequences. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.1.4.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An uninitialized stack read issue exists in Amazon Ion-C versions <v1.1.4 that may allow a threat actor to craft data and serialize it to Ion text in such a way that sensitive data in memory could be exposed through UTF-8 escape sequences. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.1.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-12829- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-38328
An uninitialized stack read issue exists in Amazon Ion-C versions <v1.1.4 that may allow a threat actor to craft data and serialize it to Ion text in such a way that sensitive data in memory could be exposed through UTF-8 escape sequences. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.1.4.
- Record
EUVD-2025-38328- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An uninitialized stack read issue exists in Amazon Ion-C versions <v1.1.4 that may allow a threat actor to craft data and serialize it to Ion text in such a way that sensitive data in memory could be exposed through UTF-8 escape sequences. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.1.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-12829- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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 - CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An uninitialized stack read issue exists in Amazon Ion-C versions <v1.1.4 that may allow a threat actor to craft data and serialize it to Ion text in such a way that sensitive data in memory could be exposed through UTF-8 escape sequences. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.1.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-12829- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-12829 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Amazon Ion-c, published November 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 5th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
