CVE-2025-48990CWE-122

NeKernel has Heap Overflow in `rt_copy_memory`

High · published June 2, 2025

CVSS v4.0
8.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

NeKernal is a free and open-source operating system stack. Version 0.0.2 has a 1-byte heap overflow in `rt_copy_memory`, which unconditionally wrote a null terminator at `dst[len]`. When `len` equals the size of the destination buffer (256 bytes), that extra `'\0'` write overruns the buffer by one byte. To avoid breaking existing callers or changing the public API, the patch in commit fb7b7f658327f659c6a6da1af151cb389c2ca4ee takes a minimal approach: it simply removes the overflow-causing line without adding bounds checks or altering the function signature.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.6 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00181 · 7.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2025-06-02T11:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 JUN 11:21Z
    NeKernel has Heap Overflow in `rt_copy_memory`
    cvelistv5