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CVE-2026-48690
FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the packet capture buffer allocation. In src/packet_storage.hpp, the allocate_buffer() function computes memory_size_in_bytes as 'buffer_size_in_packets * (max_captured_packet_size + sizeof(fastnetmon_pcap_pkthdr_t)) + sizeof(fastnetmon_pcap_file_header_t)' using unsigned int (32-bit) arithmetic. With max_captured_packet_size=1500 and sizeof(fastnetmon_pcap_pkthdr_t)=16, each packet requires approximately 15
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 3 assertions
{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ce433321b92f80707bf458f3835440adafab41bf8347a2721ea25a84f9cf7093 · sha256:9d3e3c081d74a723… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-190","description":"CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ce433321b92f80707bf458f3835440adafab41bf8347a2721ea25a84f9cf7093 · sha256:9d3e3c081d74a723… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-122","description":"CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ce433321b92f80707bf458f3835440adafab41bf8347a2721ea25a84f9cf7093 · sha256:9d3e3c081d74a723… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"n/a","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"n/a"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ce433321b92f80707bf458f3835440adafab41bf8347a2721ea25a84f9cf7093 · sha256:9d3e3c081d74a723… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ce433321b92f80707bf458f3835440adafab41bf8347a2721ea25a84f9cf7093 · sha256:9d3e3c081d74a723… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
3 source assertions{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ce433321b92f80707bf458f3835440adafab41bf8347a2721ea25a84f9cf7093 · sha256:9d3e3c081d74a723… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-190","description":"CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ce433321b92f80707bf458f3835440adafab41bf8347a2721ea25a84f9cf7093 · sha256:9d3e3c081d74a723… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-122","description":"CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ce433321b92f80707bf458f3835440adafab41bf8347a2721ea25a84f9cf7093 · sha256:9d3e3c081d74a723… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
Source references
3 source assertions{"url":"https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ce433321b92f80707bf458f3835440adafab41bf8347a2721ea25a84f9cf7093 · sha256:9d3e3c081d74a723… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/packet_storage.hpp"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ce433321b92f80707bf458f3835440adafab41bf8347a2721ea25a84f9cf7093 · sha256:9d3e3c081d74a723… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48690-packet-storage-integer-overflow"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ce433321b92f80707bf458f3835440adafab41bf8347a2721ea25a84f9cf7093 · sha256:9d3e3c081d74a723… · /containers/cna/references/2
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