Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Jan 29, 2026· Updated Feb 10, 2026
tcpflow has TIM Element OOB Write in wifipcap
CVE-2026-25061
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.
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1- github.com/simsong/tcpflow/security/advisories/GHSA-q5q6-frrv-9rj6mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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