Description
wb2osz/direwolf (Dire Wolf) versions up to and including 1.8, prior to commit 694c954, contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the function kiss_rec_byte() located in src/kiss_frame.c. When processing crafted KISS frames that reach the maximum allowed frame length (MAX_KISS_LEN), the function appends a terminating FEND byte without reserving sufficient space in the stack buffer. This results in an out-of-bounds write followed by an out-of-bounds read during the subsequent call to kiss_unwrap(), leading to stack memory corruption or application crashes. This vulnerability may allow remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial-of-service condition.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Various Sources technical-description
exploit
https://github.com/marlinkcyber/advisories/blob/main/advisories/MCSAID-2025-010-direwolf-stack-buffer-overflow-kiss-frame.md
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wb2osz-direwolf-stack-based-buffer-overflow-dos
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/issues/617
Scores
CVSS v4
8.7
EPSS
0.0017
EPSS Percentile
37.3%
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-121
Status
published
Products (3)
wb2osz/Dire Wolf
< 1.8.1
wb2osz/Dire Wolf
694c95485b21c1c22bc4682703771dec4d7a374b
wb2osz/Dire Wolf
commit 694c954
Published
Dec 22, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026