CVE-2026-25061

medium

Description

tcpflow is a TCP/IP packet demultiplexer. In versions up to and including 1.61, wifipcap parses 802.11 management frame elements and performs a length check on the wrong field when handling the TIM element. A crafted frame with a large TIM length can cause a 1-byte out-of-bounds write past `tim.bitmap[251]`. The overflow is small and DoS is the likely impact; code execution is potential, but still up in the air. The affected structure is stack-allocated in `handle_beacon()` and related handlers. As of time of publication, no known patches are available.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/02/msg00014.html

https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow/security/advisories/GHSA-q5q6-frrv-9rj6

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-29

Updated: 2026-02-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: 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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0007