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High · 8.2 CVE-2025-34468 EUVD-2025-206064GHSA-rj9f-6c28-qf6x

libcoap Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in Address Resolution DoS or Potential RCE

Published Dec 31, 2025 · Updated Nov 8, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

libcoap versions up to and including 4.3.5, prior to commit 30db3ea, contain a stack-based buffer overflow in address resolution when attacker-controlled hostname data is copied into a fixed 256-byte stack buffer without proper bounds checking. A remote attacker can trigger a crash and potentially achieve remote code execution depending on compiler options and runtime memory protections. Exploitation requires the proxy logic to be enabled (i.e., the proxy request handling code path in an application using libcoap).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
libcoap libcoap ≤ 4.3.5 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libcoap3 4.3.5-3 —
Debian 13 libcoap3 4.3.4-1.1+deb13u3 —
Debian 12 libcoap3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libcoap3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libcoap3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 libcoap3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libcoap3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libcoap2 +1 No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libcoap2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libcoap No fix yet —

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