CVE-2026-48686CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p42.8%
CVE-2026-48686CVE-2026-48686
Description
FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains a stack-based buffer overflow in the BGP NLRI (Network Layer Reachability Information) decoder. The function decode_bgp_subnet_encoding_ipv4_raw() in src/bgp_protocol.cpp reads prefix_bit_length directly from the BGP packet (line 99) without validating it is <= 32 for IPv4 prefixes. This value is passed to how_much_bytes_we_need_for_storing_certain_subnet_mask() which computes ceil(prefix_bit_length / 8), returning up to 32 bytes for a prefix_bit_length of 255. The result is used as the length argument to memcpy() (line 106), which copies into a 4-byte uint32_t stack variable (prefix_ipv4). This causes a stack buffer overflow of up to 28 bytes, which can be exploited for arbitrary code execution. Additionally, the unvalidated prefix_bit_length is passed to convert_cidr_to_binary_netmask_local_function_copy() (line 111), where a shift of (32 - cidr) with cidr > 32 causes undefined behavior.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.57% probability of exploitation · percentile 42.8% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2026-05-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-05-26 |
Underlying weaknesses· 2
References
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')cwe-120 | 0% | live |
| Weakness | Out-of-bounds Writecwe-787 | 0% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
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