Vulnerability · Published Nov 20, 2025 · Assigned by suse

CVE-2025-62875Local DoS in OpenSMTPD via UNIX domain socket smtpd.sock

Medium 6.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in openSUSE Tumbleweed from SUSE. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in OpenSMTPD allows local users to crash OpenSMTPD. This issue affects openSUSE Tumbleweed: from ? before 7.8.0p0-1.1.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12opensmtpdno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-62875
Debian:13opensmtpdno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-62875
Debian:14opensmtpd7.8.0p0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-62875
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopensmtpdno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-62875
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSopensmtpdno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-62875
Ubuntu:25.10opensmtpdno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-62875
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSopensmtpdno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-62875
Ubuntu:26.10opensmtpdno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-62875

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed ? – before 7.8.0p0-1.1

Weakness: CWE-754 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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