CVE-2025-38660

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

0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 31.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:N/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

2025-08-22 16:01Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:03Z1 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-170Improper Null TerminationBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

2316142d78f077c85c34db702cea0391146bd28e807fcd47dc3a0a1e95295286

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb80f7618832d26f7e395f52f82b1dac76223e5f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3145b2b11492d61c512bbc59660bb823bc757f48
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/493479af8af3ab907f49e99323777d498a4fbd2b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/101841c38346f4ca41dc1802c867da990ffb32eb