Vulnerability · Published May 5, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-47268
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity integer overflow in iputils from iputils. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
ping in iputils before 20250602 allows a denial of service (application error or incorrect data collection) via a crafted ICMP Echo Reply packet, because of a signed 64-bit integer overflow in timestamp multiplication.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:10 | iputils | 20240905-2.el10_0.1 | ALSA-2025:9421 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | iputils | 20210202-11.el9_6.1 | ALSA-2025:9432 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | iputils-ninfod | 20210202-11.el9_6.1 | ALSA-2025:9432 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | iputils | 20250602-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-47268 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | iputils | 20250602-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-47268 |
| Debian:12 | iputils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-47268 |
| Debian:13 | iputils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-47268 |
| Debian:14 | iputils | 3:20250605-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-47268 |
| Rocky Linux:10 | iputils | 0:20240905-2.el10_0.1 | RLSA-2025:9421 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | iputils | 0:20210202-11.el9_6.1 | RLSA-2025:9432 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | iputils | 3:20211215-1ubuntu0.1 | USN-7670-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | iputils | 3:20211215-1ubuntu0.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-47268 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | iputils | 3:20240117-1ubuntu0.1 | USN-7670-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | iputils | 3:20240117-1ubuntu0.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-47268 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | iputils | 3:20240905-3ubuntu2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-47268 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-190 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
- https://github.com/iputils/iputils/issues/584
- https://github.com/Zephkek/ping-rtt-overflow/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242300
- https://github.com/iputils/iputils/pull/585
- https://github.com/iputils/iputils/releases/tag/20250602
- https://github.com/iputils/iputils/commit/070cfacd7348386173231fb16fad4983d4e6ae40