ubuntu-cve-2025-11678
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-10-20 14:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:53
Summary
Details
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
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets-test-server",
"binary_version": "4.0.20-2ubuntu1.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets-test-server-common",
"binary_version": "4.0.20-2ubuntu1.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets16",
"binary_version": "4.0.20-2ubuntu1.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
"name": "libwebsockets",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libwebsockets@4.0.20-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.0.20-2ubuntu1.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"4.0.20-2",
"4.0.20-2ubuntu1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets-evlib-ev",
"binary_version": "4.3.3-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets-evlib-glib",
"binary_version": "4.3.3-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets-evlib-uv",
"binary_version": "4.3.3-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets-test-server",
"binary_version": "4.3.3-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets-test-server-common",
"binary_version": "4.3.3-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets19t64",
"binary_version": "4.3.3-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS",
"name": "libwebsockets",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libwebsockets@4.3.3-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/noble"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.3.3-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"4.3.2-4",
"4.3.3-1",
"4.3.3-1.1build1",
"4.3.3-1.1build2",
"4.3.3-1.1build3"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets-evlib-ev",
"binary_version": "4.3.5-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets-evlib-glib",
"binary_version": "4.3.5-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets-evlib-uv",
"binary_version": "4.3.5-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets-test-server",
"binary_version": "4.3.5-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets-test-server-common",
"binary_version": "4.3.5-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebsockets19t64",
"binary_version": "4.3.5-1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
"name": "libwebsockets",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libwebsockets@4.3.5-1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"4.3.5-1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Stack-based Buffer Overflow\u00a0in 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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-11678",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:53:20Z",
"published": "2025-10-20T14:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-11678"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11678"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://libwebsockets.org/git/libwebsockets/commit?id=2bb9598562b37c942ba5b04bcde3f7fdf66a9d3a"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2025-11678"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8024-1"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-8024-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2025-11678"
]
}
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