CVE-2025-37879

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 49.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-30.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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.

Published

2025-05-09 06:45Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:58Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-681Incorrect Conversion between Numeric TypesBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

d3ee37bb249be74e7ab84572c123fe55fbb735dc6c84f4d7188b9cc2e1d59bb6

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/468ff4a7c61fb811c596a7c44b6a5455e40fd12b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a68768e280b7d0c967ea509e791bb9b90adc94a5
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c548f95688e2b5ae0e2ae43d53cf717156c7d034
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/374e4cd75617c8c2552f562f39dd989583f5c330
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0259a856afca31d699b706ed5e2adf11086c73b
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html