CVE-2025-62875 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in OpenSMTPD allows local users to crash OpenSMTPD.

This issue affects openSUSE Tumbleweed: from ? before 7.8.0p0-1.1.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/31/3
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-62875
https://security.opensuse.org/2025/10/31/opensmtpd-local-DoS.html

History

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/31/3

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in OpenSMTPD allows local users to crash OpenSMTPD. This issue affects openSUSE Tumbleweed: from ? before 7.8.0p0-1.1.
Title		Local DoS in OpenSMTPD via UNIX domain socket smtpd.sock
Weaknesses		CWE-754
References		https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-62875 https://security.opensuse.org/2025/10/31/opensmtpd-local-DoS.html
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published: 2025-11-20T16:02:11.542Z

Updated: 2025-11-20T16:06:09.067Z

Reserved: 2025-10-24T10:34:22.764Z

Link: CVE-2025-62875

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-11-20T16:16:00.540

Modified: 2025-11-20T17:15:51.530

Link: CVE-2025-62875

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