Buffer overflow in OpenVPN ovpn-dco-win <=1.3.0/<=2.5.8 causes local crash
CVE-2025-50054 Published on June 20, 2025
Buffer overflow in OpenVPN ovpn-dco-win version 1.3.0 and earlier and version 2.5.8 and earlier allows a local user process to send a too large control message buffer to the kernel driver resulting in a system crash
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-50054 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Types
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2025-50054 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-50054
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Affected Versions
OpenVPN ovpn-dco-win:- Before 1.3.1 is affected.
- Before 2.5.9 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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