CVE-2025-8746
LOWGNU libopts < 27.6 - Memory Corruption in __strstr_sse2
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.319242
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319242
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.623632
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/957
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/957#issuecomment-3124774393
Product product
https://www.gnu.org/
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
15.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/libopts
< 27.6
Published
Aug 09, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026