UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8746

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8746
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8746.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8746
Upstream
Published
2025-08-09T06:15:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T20:13:57.938252Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 1.9 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU libopts up to 27.6. Affected is the function _strstrsse2. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This issue was initially reported to the tcpreplay project, but the code maintainer explains, that this "bug appears to be in libopts which is an external library." This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
autogen

Package

Name
autogen
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/autogen@1:5.18-2ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.18-2ubuntu1
1:5.18-2ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "local access is required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "autogen",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18-2ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopts25",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18-2ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8746.json"
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
autogen

Package

Name
autogen
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/autogen@1:5.18.7-3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.18.6~pre3-3
1:5.18.6-4
1:5.18.7-2
1:5.18.7-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "local access is required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "autogen",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18.7-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopts25",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18.7-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8746.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
autogen

Package

Name
autogen
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/autogen@1:5.18.12-4?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.18.12-3
1:5.18.12-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "local access is required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "autogen",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18.12-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopts25",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18.12-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8746.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
autogen

Package

Name
autogen
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/autogen@1:5.18.16-3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.18.12-4build1
1:5.18.16-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "local access is required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "autogen",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18.16-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopts25",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18.16-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8746.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
autogen

Package

Name
autogen
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/autogen@1:5.18.16-4?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.18.16-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "local access is required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "autogen",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18.16-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopts25",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18.16-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8746.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
autogen

Package

Name
autogen
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/autogen@1:5.18.16-5build1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.18.16-5
1:5.18.16-5build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "local access is required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "autogen",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18.16-5build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopts25",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18.16-5build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8746.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
autogen

Package

Name
autogen
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/autogen@1:5.18.16-7build1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.18.16-5build1
1:5.18.16-5.1
1:5.18.16-6
1:5.18.16-7
1:5.18.16-7build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "local access is required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "autogen",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18.16-7build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopts25",
            "binary_version": "1:5.18.16-7build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8746.json"