Description
A vulnerability was detected in appneta tcpreplay up to 4.5.1. Impacted is the function tcpedit_post_args of the file /src/tcpedit/parse_args.c. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.5.2-beta2 is recommended to address this issue. Upgrading the affected component is advised. The vendor explains, that he was "[a]ble to reproduce in 6fcbf03 but not in 4.5.2-beta2".
Published: 2025-08-24
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-28842 A vulnerability was detected in appneta tcpreplay up to 4.5.1. Impacted is the function tcpedit_post_args of the file /src/tcpedit/parse_args.c. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.5.2-beta2 is recommended to address this issue. Upgrading the affected component is advised. The vendor explains, that he was "[a]ble to reproduce in 6fcbf03 but not in 4.5.2-beta2".
History

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Broadcom
Broadcom tcpreplay
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:tcpreplay:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Broadcom
Broadcom tcpreplay

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Appneta
Appneta tcpreplay
Vendors & Products Appneta
Appneta tcpreplay

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was detected in appneta tcpreplay up to 4.5.1. Impacted is the function tcpedit_post_args of the file /src/tcpedit/parse_args.c. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.5.2-beta2 is recommended to address this issue. Upgrading the affected component is advised. The vendor explains, that he was "[a]ble to reproduce in 6fcbf03 but not in 4.5.2-beta2".
Title appneta tcpreplay parse_args.c tcpedit_post_args null pointer dereference
Weaknesses CWE-404
CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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Appneta Tcpreplay
Broadcom Tcpreplay
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-25T20:25:03.416Z

Reserved: 2025-08-23T15:03:34.869Z

Link: CVE-2025-9384

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-25T20:24:58.373Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-08-24T10:15:33.020

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:00:01.613

Link: CVE-2025-9384

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-25T09:05:26Z

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