CVE-2025-11961

Summary

pcap_ether_aton() is an auxiliary function in libpcap, it takes a string argument and returns a fixed-size allocated buffer. The string argument must be a well-formed MAC-48 address in one of the supported formats, but this requirement has been poorly documented. If an application calls the function with an argument that deviates from the expected format, the function can read data beyond the end of the provided string and write data beyond the end of the allocated buffer.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
The Tcpdump Grouplibpcap0 < 1.10.6affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-126: CWE-126 Buffer Over-read
  • CWE-122: CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References