Buffer Overflow Affecting slirp4netns package, versions <1.0.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.49% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-SLIRP4NETNS-11768190
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed6 Feb 2020

Introduced: 6 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-8608  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 slirp4netns to version 1.0.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream slirp4netns package and not the slirp4netns package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

In libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, tcp_subr.c misuses snprintf return values, leading to a buffer overflow in later code.

CVSS Base Scores

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