CVE-2025-12199

NameCVE-2025-12199
DescriptionA vulnerability was found in dnsmasq up to 2.73rc6. Affected by this vulnerability is the function check_servers of the file src/network.c of the component Config File Handler. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
dnsmasq (PTS)bullseye2.85-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)2.85-1+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm2.90-4~deb12u1vulnerable
forky, sid, trixie2.91-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
dnsmasqsource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

Doesn't cross any security boundary, config files are trusted

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