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Medium 6.9Published Nov 20, 2025
CVE-2025-62875Local DoS in OpenSMTPD via UNIX domain socket smtpd.sock
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An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in OpenSMTPD allows local users to crash OpenSMTPD. This issue affects openSUSE Tumbleweed: from ? before 7.8.0p0-1.1.
- CVSS
- 6.9 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-754
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- suse
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Nov 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed suse:opensuse_tumbleweed (from the name) | from ? before 7.8.0p0-1.1 | CNA record |
opensmtpd opensmtpd opensmtpd:opensmtpd | 7.7.0 | NVD |
opensuse tumbleweed opensuse:tumbleweed | before 7.8.0p0-1.1 | NVD |
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-62875issue-tracking, patch
- https://security.opensuse.org/2025/10/31/opensmtpd-local-DoS.htmlexploit, third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/31/3exploit, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://security.opensuse.org/2025/10/31/opensmtpd-local-DoS.html#reproducerexploit, third-party-advisory
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