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TI-2025-32292 Aliases CVE-2025-51005GHSA-6cvx-mw62-87pq

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the tcpliveplay utility of the…

Priority HIGH 66CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the tcpliveplay utility of the tcpreplay-4.5.1. When a crafted pcap file is processed, the program incorrectly handles memory in the checksum calculation logic at do_checksum_math_liveplay in tcpliveplay.c, leading to a possible denial of service.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00385 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:tcpreplay:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.1VulnerableBroadcom
  • cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:tcpreplay:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.1 Vulnerable ·Broadcom

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-51005
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6cvx-mw62-87pq

References

Exploit 2

  • TI-2024-15099 tcpreplay v4.4.4 was discovered to contain an infinite loop via the tcprewrite function at get.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-32293 Within tcpreplay's tcprewrite, a double free vulnerability has been identified in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-12413 An issue found in TCPreplay tcprewrite v.4.4.3 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-02831 appneta tcpreplay get.c get_layer4_v6 heap-based overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-12419 An issue found in TCPprep v.4.4.3 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-12418 An issue found in TCPrewrite v.4.4.3 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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