Code execution via unbounded BMC response accumulation
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
Stack-based buffer overflow in GNU Project FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted Dell CMC response. The _output_dell_system_info_cmc_info routine appends up to four BMC-supplied blocks into a 256-byte stack buffer without checking the running offset before memcpy. The flaw is reached when ipmi-oem runs dell get-system-info cmc-info against a malicious or compromised CMC, enabling code execution in the client's context.
Summary
What happened
Stack-based buffer overflow in GNU Project FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted Dell CMC response. The _output_dell_system_info_cmc_info routine appends up to four BMC-supplied blocks into a 256-byte stack buffer without checking the running offset before memcpy. The flaw is reached when ipmi-oem runs dell get-system-info cmc-info against a malicious or compromised CMC, enabling code execution in the client's context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-85507
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The GnuPG Project
- Product
- FreeIPMI
- Classifications
- CWE-121, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <1.6.19
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