On Windows only, if libpcap needs to convert a Windows error message to UTF-8 and the message includes characters that UTF-8 represents using 4 bytes, utf_16le_to_utf_8_truncated() can write data beyond the end of the provided buffer.
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libpcap 1.10.6 includes a fix for this bug.
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Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:15:00 +0000
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| Description | On Windows only, if libpcap needs to convert a Windows error message to UTF-8 and the message includes characters that UTF-8 represents using 4 bytes, utf_16le_to_utf_8_truncated() can write data beyond the end of the provided buffer. | |
| Title | OOBW in utf_16le_to_utf_8_truncated() in libpcap | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-787 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Tcpdump
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Updated: 2025-12-31T00:58:19.026Z
Reserved: 2025-10-20T14:43:15.180Z
Link: CVE-2025-11964
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Status : Received
Published: 2025-12-31T01:15:54.667
Modified: 2025-12-31T01:15:54.667
Link: CVE-2025-11964
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