CVE-2026-48689CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p47.8%
CVE-2026-48689CVE-2026-48689
Description
FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow in the dynamic_binary_buffer_t class (src/dynamic_binary_buffer.hpp). Five methods (append_dynamic_buffer, append_data_as_pointer, append_data_as_object_ptr, memcpy_from_ptr, memcpy_from_object_ptr) use an incorrect bounds check of the form 'if (offset + length > maximum_internal_storage_size + 1)' instead of the correct 'if (offset + length > maximum_internal_storage_size)'. This allows writing exactly one byte past the end of the heap-allocated buffer. The class is used pervasively in BGP message encoding/decoding, NetFlow template processing, and Flow Spec NLRI construction. An attacker who can send network traffic (NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, or BGP) to a FastNetMon instance can trigger this overflow, potentially achieving arbitrary code execution by corrupting heap metadata. Notably, the append_byte() method uses the correct bounds check, confirming the inconsistency.
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 | 0.69% probability of exploitation · percentile 47.8% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2026-05-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-05-27 |
Underlying weaknesses· 3
References
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Heap-based Buffer Overflowcwe-122 | 0% | live |
| Weakness | Off-by-one Errorcwe-193 | 0% | live |
| Weakness | Out-of-bounds Writecwe-787 | 0% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
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