Client crash via unchecked IPMI response lengths
Published Mar 24, 2026 · Updated Mar 24, 2026
Stack buffer overflows in FreeIPMI before 1.6.17 allow remote attackers controlling an IPMI endpoint to crash the ipmi-oem client. Three vendor-specific handlers parse malformed response fields into fixed-size stack storage without adequately validating response lengths. Exploitation requires supported Dell, Supermicro, or Wistron hardware, an affected OEM subcommand, and a malicious or simulated IPMI responder.
Summary
What happened
Stack buffer overflows in FreeIPMI before 1.6.17 allow remote attackers controlling an IPMI endpoint to crash the ipmi-oem client. Three vendor-specific handlers parse malformed response fields into fixed-size stack storage without adequately validating response lengths. Exploitation requires supported Dell, Supermicro, or Wistron hardware, an affected OEM subcommand, and a malicious or simulated IPMI responder.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-33554
- Published
- Mar 24, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 24, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-121, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 24, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 24, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- FreeIPMI malformed-response reproduction packageproof of concept · demonstrated
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