Net-SNMP snmptrapd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Prior to 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2
CVE-2025-68615 Published on December 22, 2025
Net-SNMP snmptrapd crash
net-snmp is a SNMP application library, tools and daemon. Prior to versions 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2, a specially crafted packet to an net-snmp snmptrapd daemon can cause a buffer overflow and the daemon to crash. This issue has been patched in versions 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-68615 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?
The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.
CVE-2025-68615 has been classified to as a Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-68615
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Affected Versions
net-snmp:- Version < 5.9.5 is affected.
- Version >= 5.10.pre1, < 5.10.pre2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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