CVE-2025-11961

LOW

libpcap - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

pcap_ether_aton() is an auxiliary function in libpcap, it takes a string argument and returns a fixed-size allocated buffer. The string argument must be a well-formed MAC-48 address in one of the supported formats, but this requirement has been poorly documented. If an application calls the function with an argument that deviates from the expected format, the function can read data beyond the end of the provided string and write data beyond the end of the allocated buffer.

Scores

CVSS v3 1.9
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 3.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-126 CWE-122
Status draft

Timeline

Published Dec 31, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026