CVE-2025-11680
MEDIUMlibwebsockets 4.0-4.4.1 and 4.3.0-4.3.5 - Out-of-bounds Write in unfilter_scanline via Crafted PNG Width
Title source: llmDescription
Out-of-bounds Write in unfilter_scanline in warmcat libwebsockets allows, when the LWS_WITH_UPNG flag is enabled during compilation and the HTML display stack is used, to write past a heap allocated buffer possibly causing a crash, when the user visits an attacker controlled website that contains a crafted PNG file with a big width value that causes an integer overflow which value is used for determining the size of a heap allocation.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Various Sources patch
vendor-advisory
https://libwebsockets.org/git/libwebsockets/commit?id=2b715249f39291c86443b969a1088d59b6a89b78
Various Sources third-party-advisory
https://www.nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2025-11680
Scores
CVSS v4
5.9
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
27.3%
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/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
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (2)
warmcat/libwebsockets
4.0 - 4.3.6
warmcat/libwebsockets
4.0 - 4.4.2
Published
Oct 20, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026