CVE-2025-55081CWE-125CWE-126

CVE-2025-55081

Critical · published October 15, 2025

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

⚠️ A crafty client hello could lead to an out-of-bounds read! In Eclipse Foundation NextX Duo versions before 6.4.4, there's a sneaky gap in the SSL/TLS handshake. 🔥 Think of a restaurant where the chef doesn't check the size of the ingredients before preparing a dish. If the wrong portion is added, it could overflow the plate and create quite a mess! In this case, the missing length verification lets an attacker send an improperly crafted message, potentially causing a system crash. An attacker could exploit this flaw to read out-of-bounds data, leading to unexpected behavior or crashes within the application. While it’s not being actively exploited, the potential to disrupt services makes it a risk you definitely want to address sooner rather than later!

Put simply

Think of a restaurant where the chef doesn't check the size of the ingredients before preparing a dish. If the wrong portion is added, it could overflow the plate and create quite a mess! In this case, the missing length verification lets an attacker send an improperly crafted message, potentially causing a system crash. This vulnerability resides in the _nx_secure_tls_process_clienthello() function of ThreadX, where the lack of length verification for ciphersuite and compression method allows for out-of-bounds reads with crafted SSL/TLS messages.

What to do

An attacker could exploit this flaw to read out-of-bounds data, leading to unexpected behavior or crashes within the application. While it’s not being actively exploited, the potential to disrupt services makes it a risk you definitely want to address sooner rather than later! To safeguard your systems, upgrade to version 6.4.4 of NextX Duo to implement the necessary length checks. It's also wise to review your applications for any handling of SSL/TLS messages to ensure they adhere to strict length validations. You've got this! With these steps, you'll fortify your defenses and keep your applications running smoothly. 🛡️

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00369 · 29.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read; CWE-126 · Buffer Over-read
Published
2025-10-15T15:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
eclipse/threadx_netx_duo< 6.4.4.2025036.4.4.202503
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 OCT 10:46Z
    Potential out of bound read in _nx_secure_tls_process_clienthello()
    cvelistv5