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GHSA-QX99-H65P-8XPJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-09 12:31 – Updated: 2026-03-09 15:30

Details

In some cases, the tcp-setmss handler may free the packet data and throw an error without halting the rule processing engine. A subsequent rule can then allow the traffic after the packet data is gone, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference.

Maliciously crafted packets sent from a remote host may result in a Denial of Service (DoS) if the tcp-setmss directive is used and a subsequent rule would allow the traffic to pass.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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    "severity": "HIGH"
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  "id": "GHSA-qx99-h65p-8xpj",
  "modified": "2026-03-09T15:30:47Z",
  "published": "2026-03-09T12:31:39Z",
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CVE-2025-14769 (GCVE-0-2025-14769)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-09 11:34 – Updated: 2026-03-09 13:30

Title

ipfw denial of service

Summary

In some cases, the `tcp-setmss` handler may free the packet data and throw an error without halting the rule processing engine. A subsequent rule can then allow the traffic after the packet data is gone, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference. Maliciously crafted packets sent from a remote host may result in a Denial of Service (DoS) if the `tcp-setmss` directive is used and a subsequent rule would allow the traffic to pass.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

freebsd

References

URL

Tags

https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-S…

vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	FreeBSD	FreeBSD	Affected: 14.3-RELEASE , < p7 (release) Affected: 13.5-RELEASE , < p8 (release)

Date Public ?

2025-12-17 02:00

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GHSA-QX99-H65P-8XPJ

CVE-2025-14769 (GCVE-0-2025-14769)

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