Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character Affecting civetweb/civetweb package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CIVETWEBCIVETWEB-13147716
  • published30 Sept 2025
  • disclosed29 Sept 2025
  • creditArtur Lacki

Introduced: 29 Sep 2025

NewCVE-2025-9648  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-158  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character due to improper handling of unexpected conditions in the function mg_handle_form_request. An attacker can cause the application to become unresponsive or crash by sending specially crafted requests.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1