CVE-2025-0838

Out-of-bounds heap writes via unchecked capacity

Published Feb 21, 2025 · Updated Apr 5, 2025

Integer overflow in Google Abseil C++ allows attackers to cause out-of-bounds heap writes by requesting an oversized hash container. The sized constructors, reserve(), and rehash() paths for flat and node hash containers accepted unbounded sizes, allowing backing-store arithmetic to wrap before allocation and subsequent writes. Exploitation requires a consuming application to pass an attacker-controlled, extremely large container size; downstream behavior includes invalid memory access or a process crash.

CVSS severity5.9
Medium
EPSS probability0.63%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Integer overflow in Google Abseil C++ allows attackers to cause out-of-bounds heap writes by requesting an oversized hash container. The sized constructors, reserve(), and rehash() paths for flat and node hash containers accepted unbounded sizes, allowing backing-store arithmetic to wrap before allocation and subsequent writes. Exploitation requires a consuming application to pass an attacker-controlled, extremely large container size; downstream behavior includes invalid memory access or a process crash.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-0838
Published
Feb 21, 2025
Updated
Apr 5, 2025
Vendor
Google
Product
Abseil C++
Classifications
CWE-190
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Apr 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <5a0e2cb5e3958dd90bb8569a2766622cb74d90c1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Google · Abseil C++version=0 <5a0e2cb5e3958dd90bb8569a2766622cb74d90c1

Published CVSS scores

5.9Google Inc.CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparound

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