| Name | CVE-2025-12200 |
| Description | A vulnerability was determined in dnsmasq up to 2.73rc6. Affected by this issue is the function parse_dhcp_opt of the file src/option.c of the component Config File Handler. This manipulation of the argument m causes null pointer dereference. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dnsmasq (PTS) | bullseye | 2.85-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.85-1+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.90-4~deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid, trixie | 2.91-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| dnsmasq | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
Doesn't cross any security boundary, config files are trusted