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01 Record

CVE-2025-11678

Stack-based Buffer Overflow in libwebsockets DNS response parsing

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Nozomi
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

02 Description

Stack-based Buffer Overflow in libwebsockets DNS response parsing

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
SSVC decision
  • ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
  • AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
  • Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.
EPSS probability
0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 20.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD analysis status
Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-08.
Red Hat severity
Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2025-10-20 13:51Z1 YR AGO
Last updated
2025-10-20 14:00Z1 YR AGO
Reserved
2025-10-13
Assigning CNA
Nozomi
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.5)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
Data version
5.1
Document digest
42f51998f374a7af6fe6ba443ba8cb01a501f6e64eab57432e71d95e85ad1868

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
warmcatlibwebsocket4.0 to 4.4.2, 4.0 to 4.3.6—

06 References

07 Remediation

Update the library to its latest stable release, if not possible backport the fix commit 2bb9598562b37c942ba5b04bcde3f7fdf66a9d3a

08 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • libwebsockets
    No fix yet

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • libwebsockets
    Fixed in 4.3.5-1+deb13u1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • libwebsockets
    Fixed in 4.3.5-3

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

  • libwebsockets
    Fixed in 4.0.20-2ubuntu1.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 25.10

  • libwebsockets
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS

  • libwebsockets
    Fixed in 4.3.3-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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