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Description

tcpflow is a TCP/IP packet demultiplexer. In versions up to and including 1.61, wifipcap parses 802.11 management frame elements and performs a length check on the wrong field when handling the TIM element. A crafted frame with a large TIM length can cause a 1-byte out-of-bounds write past `tim.bitmap[251]`. The overflow is small and DoS is the likely impact; code execution is potential, but still up in the air. The affected structure is stack-allocated in `handle_beacon()` and related handlers. As of time of publication, no known patches are available.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-28 | Published 2026-01-29 | Updated 2026-02-10 | Assigner GitHub_M




MEDIUM: 5.5CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Problem types

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Product status

<= 1.61
affected

References

lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/02/msg00014.html

github.com/...cpflow/security/advisories/GHSA-q5q6-frrv-9rj6

cve.org (CVE-2026-25061)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-25061)

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