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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-25061 EUVD-2026-4944

tcpflow has TIM Element OOB Write in wifipcap

Published Jan 29, 2026 · Updated Feb 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
simsong tcpflow <= 1.61 —

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 tcpflow No fix yet —
Debian 13 tcpflow No fix yet —
Debian 12 tcpflow No fix yet —
Debian 11 tcpflow 1.5.2+repack1-1+deb11u1 DLA-4478-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 tcpflow No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS tcpflow No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 tcpflow No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS tcpflow No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS tcpflow No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS tcpflow No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS tcpflow No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS tcpflow No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS tcpflow No fix yet —

Advisories 1

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