CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-11678

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.29%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

Risk of remote code execution or application crash in applications using libwebsockets.

Recommendation

Update libwebsockets to a patched version or disable the LWS_WITH_SYS_ASYNC_DNS flag if not required.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS