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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2025-04-16 07:06

Modified

2026-02-26 09:13

Summary

Details

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libbpf 1.5.0 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the bpf_object__init_prog` function of libbpf. This has been disputed by third parties who assert that "no one in their sane mind should be passing untrusted ELF files into libbpf while running under root."

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "bpftool",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/bpftool"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.5.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.4.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-29481"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:libbpf_project:libbpf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libbpf 1.5.0 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the bpf_object__init_prog` function of libbpf. This has been disputed by third parties who assert that \"no one in their sane mind should be passing untrusted ELF files into libbpf while running under root.\"",
  "id": "BIT-bpftool-2025-29481",
  "modified": "2026-02-26T09:13:58.886Z",
  "published": "2025-04-16T07:06:29.453Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/lmarch2/poc/blob/main/libbpf/libbpf.md"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-29481"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2"
}

CVE-2025-29481 (GCVE-0-2025-29481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-07 00:00 – Updated: 2026-02-25 07:51 Disputed

Summary

Severity ?

6.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/lmarch2/poc/blob/main/libbpf/l…

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              "attackComplexity": "LOW",
              "attackVector": "LOCAL",
              "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
              "baseScore": 6.2,
              "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
              "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
              "integrityImpact": "NONE",
              "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
              "scope": "UNCHANGED",
              "userInteraction": "NONE",
              "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
              "version": "3.1"
            }
          },
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                "id": "CVE-2025-29481",
                "options": [
                  {
                    "Exploitation": "poc"
                  },
                  {
                    "Automatable": "no"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "partial"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2025-04-09T15:02:03.706898Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
              "type": "ssvc"
            }
          }
        ],
        "problemTypes": [
          {
            "descriptions": [
              {
                "cweId": "CWE-120",
                "description": "CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (\u0027Classic Buffer Overflow\u0027)",
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                "type": "CWE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2025-04-09T15:02:32.831Z",
          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "exploit"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/lmarch2/poc/blob/main/libbpf/libbpf.md"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      }
    ],
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      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
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            }
          ]
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      ],
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        }
      ],
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      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-02-25T07:51:20.699Z",
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        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/lmarch2/poc/blob/main/libbpf/libbpf.md"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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  },
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    "datePublished": "2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z",
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CVE-2025-29481 (GCVE-0-2025-29481)

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