High 8.7Published Dec 22, 2025

CVE-2025-34458wb2osz/direwolf <= 1.8.1 Reachable Assertion DoS

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 3:10 PM ET)

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wb2osz/direwolf (Dire Wolf) versions up to and including 1.8, prior to commit 3658a87, contain a reachable assertion vulnerability in the APRS MIC-E decoder function aprs_mic_e() located in src/decode_aprs.c. When processing a specially crafted AX.25 frame containing a MIC-E message with an empty or truncated comment field, the application triggers an unhandled assertion checking for a non-empty comment. This assertion failure causes immediate process termination, allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by sending malformed APRS traffic.

CVSS: 8.7 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-617
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Mar 23, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

wb2osz Dire Wolf wb2osz:dire_wolf (from the name)	through 1.8.1; 3658a878920803bbb69a4567579dcc4d6cb80a92 not affected	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/marlinkcyber/advisories/blob/main/advisories/MCSAID-2025-010-direwolf-stack-buffer-overflow-kiss-frame.md	technical-description, exploit
https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/issues/618	issue-tracking
https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/commit/3658a87	patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wb2osz-direwolf-reachable-assertion-dos	third-party-advisory

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