CVE-2025-68615 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Net-snmp

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 54.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Net-snmpDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 23
Latest updateJan 7

Description

net-snmp is a SNMP application library, tools and daemon. Prior to versions 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2, a specially crafted packet to an net-snmp snmptrapd daemon can cause a buffer overflow and the daemon to crash. This issue has been patched in versions 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5net-snmp/net-snmp< 5.9.5+1
▶NVDnet-snmp/net-snmp< 5.9.5+1
▶Debiannet-snmp/net-snmp< 5.9+dfsg-4+deb11u3+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2025-68615: net-snmp is a SNMP application library, tools and daemon↗2025-12-23
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CVEList
Net-SNMP snmptrapd crash↗2025-12-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Net-SNMP vulnerability↗2026-01-07
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Red Hat
net-snmp: buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet can cause a crash in snmptrapd↗2025-12-22
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Microsoft
Net-SNMP snmptrapd crash↗2025-12-09
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Debian
CVE-2025-68615: net-snmp - net-snmp is a SNMP application library, tools and daemon. Prior to versions 5.9....↗2025
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-68615 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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CVE-2025-68615 — Net-snmp vulnerability | cvebase