Buffer overflow in ovpn-dco-win - CVE-2025-50054

 

Buffer overflow in ovpn-dco-win - CVE-2025-50054

Published: June 30, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU112061
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-50054
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenVPN
Affected software:
ovpn-dco-win

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A local user can send a very large control message buffer to the kernel driver, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-50054

Install updates from vendor's website.

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