CVE-2025-8746 — GNU libopts __strstr_sse2 memory corruption
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU libopts up to 27.6. Affected is the function __strstr_sse2. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. L…
Published: 2025-08-09 · CVSS: 4.8 · CVSS 4.0
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU libopts up to 27.6. Affected is the function __strstr_sse2. 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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7