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CVE-2025-43971: An issue was discovered in GoBGP before 3.35.0. pkg/packet/bgp/bgp.go allows attackers to cause a panic via a zero value for softwareVersionLen.

8.6 CVSS

Description

An issue was discovered in GoBGP before 3.35.0. pkg/packet/bgp/bgp.go allows attackers to cause a panic via a zero value for softwareVersionLen.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-43971

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.6

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types

CWE-193 Off-by-one Error

Affected Products

Vendor: GoBGP

Product: GoBGP

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 16.41% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-19 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: true

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43971
https://github.com/osrg/gobgp/compare/v3.34.0...v3.35.0
https://github.com/osrg/gobgp/commit/08a001e06d90e8bcc190084c66992f46f62c0986

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