Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting openwrt package, versions [,24.10.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENWRT-13671325
  • published23 Oct 2025
  • disclosed22 Oct 2025
  • creditKarsten Sperling

Introduced: 22 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2025-62526  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openwrt to version 24.10.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow via the event registration parsing process. An attacker can modify memory and potentially execute arbitrary code in the context of the daemon by sending crafted messages before access control checks are performed.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1