CVE-2025-9384

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.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Potential Mitigations

• Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
• For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/131.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/494.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/496.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/666.html

References

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oVmsER6CXULLz_rnIyL410DJqO_hBtw_/view?usp=sharing
• https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/971
• https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/971#issuecomment-3199014524
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.321217
• https://vuldb.com/?id.321217
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.630496