Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting iputils package, versions <3:20240905-3ubuntu2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2510-IPUTILS-15742395
  • published21 Mar 2026
  • disclosed22 Jul 2025

Introduced: 22 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-48964  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:25.10 iputils to version 3:20240905-3ubuntu2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream iputils package and not the iputils package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:25.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

ping in iputils before 20250602 allows a denial of service (application error in adaptive ping mode or incorrect data collection) via a crafted ICMP Echo Reply packet, because a zero timestamp can lead to large intermediate values that have an integer overflow when squared during statistics calculations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2025-47268 (that fix was only about timestamp calculations, and it did not account for a specific scenario where the original timestamp in the ICMP payload is zero).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1