Stack-based buffer overflow in the nestlex function in nestlex.c in Socat 1.5.0.0 through 1.7.1.2 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b3, when…

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the nestlex function in nestlex.c in Socat 1.5.0.0 through 1.7.1.2 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b3, when bidirectional data relay is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via long command-line arguments.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620426 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-1.7.1.3.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330785 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591443 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-2090 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• https://github.com/msmania/poodim/commit/6340d5d2c81e55e61522c4b40a6cdd5c39738cc6 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 25 Sept 2024, 22:46 UTC.