Reachable Assertion Affecting iperf package, versions [,3.19.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-IPERF-11483959
  • published6 Aug 2025
  • disclosed3 Aug 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-54350  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade iperf to version 3.19.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Reachable Assertion via the Base64Decode function in the iperf_auth.c file, due to assertion failures on a malformed authentication attempt. An attacker can cause the application to terminate unexpectedly by sending a specially crafted authentication request.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1