CVE-2025-68255Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Linux

40 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV7.2
No vector
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 16
Latest updateApr 17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix stack buffer overflow in OnAssocReq IE parsing The Supported Rates IE length from an incoming Association Request frame was used directly as the memcpy() length when copying into a fixed-size 16-byte stack buffer (supportRate). A malicious station can advertise an IE length larger than 16 bytes, causing a stack buffer overflow. Clamp ie_len to the buffer size before copying the Supported Rates IE, and

Affected Packages15 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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CVE-2025-68255 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
CVE-2025-68255 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Linux | cvebase