Description
A vulnerability has been found in tcpreplay 4.5.1. This vulnerability affects the function mask_cidr6 of the file cidr.c of the component tcpprep. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The researcher is able to reproduce this with the latest official release 4.5.1 and the current master branch. The code maintainer cannot reproduce this for 4.5.2-beta1. In his reply the maintainer explains that "[i]n that case, this is a duplicate that was fixed in 4.5.2."
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.320080
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.320080
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.623635
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.623636
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.623637
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.623638
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.623639
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/958
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/958#issuecomment-3124876035
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/959
Scores
CVSS v3
3.1
EPSS
0.0051
EPSS Percentile
66.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-122
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
broadcom/tcpreplay
4.5.1
Published
Aug 15, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026