CVE-2025-52568
Prior to version 0.0.3, there are several memory safety issues that can lead to memory corruption, disk image corruption, denial of service, and potential code execution.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
NeKernal is a free and open-source operating system stack. Prior to version 0.0.3, there are several memory safety issues that can lead to memory corruption, disk image corruption, denial of service, and potential code execution. These issues stem from unchecked memory operations, unsafe typecasting, and improper input validation. This issue has been patched in version 0.0.3.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-770
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/nekernel-org/nekernel/commit/6506875ad0ab210b82a5c4ce227bf851508de17d
- https://github.com/nekernel-org/nekernel/commit/6511afbf405c31513bc88ab06bca58218610a994
- https://github.com/nekernel-org/nekernel/pull/35
- https://github.com/nekernel-org/nekernel/pull/36
- https://github.com/nekernel-org/nekernel/security/advisories/GHSA-cmp2-5f6g-mw34
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.