nDPI through 4.12 has a potential stack-based buffer overflow in ndpi_address_cache_restore in lib/ndpi_cache.c.
Priority LOW 38CWE-121Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-121 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
nDPI through 4.12 has a potential stack-based buffer overflow in ndpi_address_cache_restore in lib/ndpi_cache.c.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0018 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-25066
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h979-77j7-hx8x
More ntop Ndpi vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-09603 In nDPI through 3.2 Stable, the SSH protocol dissector has multiple KEXINIT integer… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-12182 In nDPI through 3.2, ndpi_reset_packet_line_info in lib/ndpi_main.c omits certain… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-12181 In nDPI through 3.2, there is a stack overflow in extractRDNSequence in lib/protocols/tls.c. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-14532 ntop nDPI 3.4 has a stack-based buffer overflow in processClientServerHello. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-12180 In nDPI through 3.2, the OpenVPN dissector is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2020-12179 In nDPI through 3.2, the H.323 dissector is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-25066 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-25066 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h979-77j7-hx8x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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