CVE-2025-2849Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Upx-ucl

Severity
4.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 27

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in UPX up to 5.0.0. Affected is the function PackLinuxElf64::un_DT_INIT of the file src/p_lx_elf.cpp. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as e0b6ff192412f5bb5364c1948f4f6b27a0cd5ea2. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages5 packages

debiandebian/upx-ucl< upx-ucl 4.2.4-1.1 (forky)
NVDupx/upx5.0.0
CVEListV5upx/upx5.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2025-2849: A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in UPX up to 52025-03-27
GHSA
GHSA-jrx7-5cr9-c5v4: A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in UPX up to 52025-03-27

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2025-2849: upx-ucl - A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in UPX up to 5.0...2025
Microsoft
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim2022-08-09
CVE-2025-2849 — Debian Upx-ucl vulnerability | cvebase