CVE-2025-48990

High

Description

NeKernal is a free and open-source operating system stack. Version 0.0.2 has a 1-byte heap overflow in `rt_copy_memory`, which unconditionally wrote a null terminator at `dst[len]`. When `len` equals the size of the destination buffer (256 bytes), that extra `'\0'` write overruns the buffer by one byte. To avoid breaking existing callers or changing the public API, the patch in commit fb7b7f658327f659c6a6da1af151cb389c2ca4ee takes a minimal approach: it simply removes the overflow-causing line without adding bounds checks or altering the function signature.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.6
Exploit probability—
ProductNekernel
PublishedJun 2, 2025
First seenJun 2, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-122CWE-122

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nekernel-org nekernel= 0.0.2—

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