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CVE-2026-33491 - Zen-C has Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in Identifier Mangling

CVE ID :CVE-2026-33491
Published : March 26, 2026, 6:39 p.m. | 23 minutes ago
Description :Zen C is a systems programming language that compiles to human-readable GNU C/C11. Prior to version 0.4.4, a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Zen C compiler allows attackers to cause a compiler crash or potentially execute arbitrary code by providing a specially crafted Zen C source file (`.zc`) with excessively long struct, function, or trait identifiers. Users are advised to update to Zen C version v0.4.4 or later to receive a patch.
Severity: 0.0 | NA
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