CVE-2026-25061

HIGH

tcpflow <= 1.61 - Out-of-bounds Write in 802.11 Management Frame TIM Element Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

tcpflow is a TCP/IP packet demultiplexer. In versions up to and including 1.61, wifipcap parses 802.11 management frame elements and performs a length check on the wrong field when handling the TIM element. A crafted frame with a large TIM length can cause a 1-byte out-of-bounds write past `tim.bitmap[251]`. The overflow is small and DoS is the likely impact; code execution is potential, but still up in the air. The affected structure is stack-allocated in `handle_beacon()` and related handlers. As of time of publication, no known patches are available.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 22.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
digitalcorpora/tcpflow < 1.6.1
Published Jan 29, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026