ubuntu-cve-2024-52949
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-12-16 22:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:14
Summary
Details

iptraf-ng 1.2.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow. In src/ifaces.c, the strcpy function consistently fails to control the size, and it is consequently possible to overflow memory on the stack.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "iptraf-ng 1.2.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow. In src/ifaces.c, the strcpy function consistently fails to control the size, and it is consequently possible to overflow memory on the stack.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52949",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:14:06Z",
  "published": "2024-12-16T22:15:00Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
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    "CVE-2024-52949"
  ]
}



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