Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting radvd-project/radvd package, versions [,2.21)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-RADVDPROJECTRADVD-17660999
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed19 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-48715  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade radvd-project/radvd to version 2.21 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow in the print_ff function. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a crash by sending a specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packet containing malicious Route Information options.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1