Unauthenticated memory corruption via undersized XML-RPC buffers
Published Jun 16, 2025 · Updated Jun 16, 2025
Buffer overflow in the XML-RPC example in Apache NuttX before 12.9.0 allows remote attackers to corrupt memory via crafted parameters. In examples/xmlrpc/calls.c, four device-statistics string fields accepted remotely supplied values into fixed 80-byte stack buffers instead of CONFIG_XMLRPC_STRINGSIZE+1 buffers. Exposure requires firmware built from or based on the optional XML-RPC example; overflowing these buffers can corrupt adjacent stack memory.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in the XML-RPC example in Apache NuttX before 12.9.0 allows remote attackers to corrupt memory via crafted parameters. In examples/xmlrpc/calls.c, four device-statistics string fields accepted remotely supplied values into fixed 80-byte stack buffers instead of CONFIG_XMLRPC_STRINGSIZE+1 buffers. Exposure requires firmware built from or based on the optional XML-RPC example; overflowing these buffers can corrupt adjacent stack memory.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-47869
- Published
- Jun 16, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2025
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache NuttX
- Classifications
- CWE-119, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.22 <12.9.0
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