CVE-2025-69195 is a high-severity stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in GNU Wget2's filename sanitization logic. A remote attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted URL, which, upon user interaction, can lead to memory corruption, application crashes, and potential further malicious activities. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the attack requires user interaction but has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.1.0, < 2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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