VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2025-23016
FastCGI fcgi2 (aka fcgi) 2.x through 2.4.4 has an integer overflow (and resultant heap-based buffer overflow) via crafted nameLen or valueLen values in data to the IPC socket.
CRITICAL 9.3EPSS 0.58%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
FastCGI fcgi2 (aka fcgi) 2.x through 2.4.4 has an integer overflow (and resultant heap-based buffer overflow) via crafted nameLen or valueLen values in data to the IPC socket. This occurs in ReadParams in fcgiapp.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.58% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/FastCGI-Archives/fcgi2/issues/67
- https://github.com/FastCGI-Archives/fcgi2/releases/tag/2.4.5
- https://www.synacktiv.com/en/publications/cve-2025-23016-exploiting-the-fastcgi-library
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/23/4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00009.html
- https://www.synacktiv.com/en/publications/cve-2025-23016-exploiting-the-fastcgi-library
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.