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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0002

NIXPKGS-2026-0002
published on 11 Jan 2026
updated 1 week, 4 days ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
  • Created automatic suggestion
  • @LeSuisse accepted as draft
  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub
wb2osz/direwolf <= 1.8 Stack-based Buffer Overflow DoS

wb2osz/direwolf (Dire Wolf) versions up to and including 1.8, prior to commit 694c954, contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the function kiss_rec_byte() located in src/kiss_frame.c. When processing crafted KISS frames that reach the maximum allowed frame length (MAX_KISS_LEN), the function appends a terminating FEND byte without reserving sufficient space in the stack buffer. This results in an out-of-bounds write followed by an out-of-bounds read during the subsequent call to kiss_unwrap(), leading to stack memory corruption or application crashes. This vulnerability may allow remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial-of-service condition.

Affected products

direwolf
  • ==commit 694c954
  • =<1.8
  • =<1.8.1

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.direwolf

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