Memory corruption via overflowing FFT allocation size
Published Dec 1, 2025 · Updated Jul 14, 2026
Heap buffer overflow in KISS FFT before 1b083165 allows local users to corrupt process memory through an oversized FFT length on 32-bit systems. kiss_fft_alloc() multiplies the caller-controlled nfft value while calculating its allocation size without first rejecting values that overflow size_t, so malloc() returns an undersized buffer and the twiddle-factor loop writes beyond it. The condition requires a 32-bit build and a calling application that passes an extremely large FFT length; the resulting write corrupts memory and can crash the process.
Summary
What happened
Heap buffer overflow in KISS FFT before 1b083165 allows local users to corrupt process memory through an oversized FFT length on 32-bit systems. kiss_fft_alloc() multiplies the caller-controlled nfft value while calculating its allocation size without first rejecting values that overflow size_t, so malloc() returns an undersized buffer and the twiddle-factor loop writes beyond it. The condition requires a 32-bit build and a calling application that passes an extremely large FFT length; the resulting write corrupts memory and can crash the process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-34297
- Published
- Dec 1, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- Vendor
- Mark Borgerding
- Product
- KISS FFT
- Classifications
- CWE-190
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 1, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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