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2 vulnerabilities found for libwebsocket by warmcat
CVE-2025-11678 (GCVE-0-2025-11678)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-20 13:51 – Updated: 2025-10-20 14:00
VLAI?
Summary
Stack-based Buffer Overflow in lws_adns_parse_label in warmcat libwebsockets allows, when the LWS_WITH_SYS_ASYNC_DNS flag is enabled during compilation, to overflow the label_stack, when the attacker is able to sniff a DNS request in order to craft a response with a matching id containing a label longer than the maximum.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| warmcat | libwebsocket |
Affected:
4.0 , ≤ 4.4.2
(semver)
Affected: 4.0 , ≤ 4.3.6 (semver) |
Credits
Raffaele Bova at Nozomi Networks
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CVE-2025-11678 (GCVE-0-2025-11678)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-10-20 13:51 – Updated: 2025-10-20 14:00
VLAI?
Summary
Stack-based Buffer Overflow in lws_adns_parse_label in warmcat libwebsockets allows, when the LWS_WITH_SYS_ASYNC_DNS flag is enabled during compilation, to overflow the label_stack, when the attacker is able to sniff a DNS request in order to craft a response with a matching id containing a label longer than the maximum.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
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| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| warmcat | libwebsocket |
Affected:
4.0 , ≤ 4.4.2
(semver)
Affected: 4.0 , ≤ 4.3.6 (semver) |
Credits
Raffaele Bova at Nozomi Networks
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