CVE-2025-8746

LOW EPSS 9.4%
Published Aug 9, 202510mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
1.9 CVSS 4.0
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Published Aug 9, 2025 10mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU libopts up to 27.6. Affected is the function __strstr_sse2. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This issue was initially reported to the tcpreplay project, but the code maintainer explains, that this "bug appears to be in libopts which is an external library." This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

CVSS Details

Base Score
1.9
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
9.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Memory Safety
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
gnulibopts* ≤27.6

References 7

  • drive.google.com https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yjKOHxvL_9xExy4QUb5x43dxci1x59ts/view?usp=sharing
    Exploit
  • github.com https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/957
    ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/957#issuecomment-3124774393
    ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319242
    Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?id.319242
    Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?submit.623632
    ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
  • gnu.org https://www.gnu.org/
    Product

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

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