Buffer overflow in Tcpreplay - CVE-2025-9019
Published: September 2, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114678
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-9019
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the mask_cidr6() function in cidr.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the application, trigger memory corruption and crash the application.
Affected software
Tcpreplay
Fedora
tcpreplay
Fedora
tcpreplay
How to mitigate CVE-2025-9019
Install updates from vendor's website.
Tcpreplay - update to 4.5.2
tcpreplay - addressed in versions 4.5.2-1.el8, 4.5.2-1.el9, 4.5.2-1.el10_2, 4.5.2-1.fc41, 4.5.2-1.fc42, 4.5.2-1.fc43
tcpreplay - addressed in versions 4.5.2-1.el8, 4.5.2-1.el9, 4.5.2-1.el10_2, 4.5.2-1.fc41, 4.5.2-1.fc42, 4.5.2-1.fc43
External References
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/13SQYVIb_YQoRfaJaaLf6iLtMiCRCHlBc/view?usp=sharing
- https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/958
- https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/958#issuecomment-3124876035
- https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/959
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.320080
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