Bug 2349439 (CVE-2025-1866)

Summary:	CVE-2025-1866 libwebsockets: Undefined Behavior Due to Out-of-Bounds Pointer Arithmetic in libwebsockets
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	ansmith, eglynn, ehelms, ggainey, jjoyce, jschluet, juwatts, lhh, lsvaty, mburns, mgarciac, mhulan, nmoumoul, pcreech, pgrist, rchan, smallamp
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in warmcat libwebsockets. This vulnerability allows pointer manipulation, potentially leading to out-of-bounds memory access via specific CMake configurations on the Win32 platform.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-03-03 09:01:07 UTC

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in warmcat libwebsockets allows Pointer Manipulation, potentially leading to out-of-bounds memory access. This issue affects libwebsockets before 4.3.4 and is present in code built specifically for the Win32 platform.

By default, the affected code is not executed unless one of the following conditions is met:

LWS_WITHOUT_EXTENSIONS (default ON) is manually set to OFF in CMake.
LWS_WITH_HTTP_STREAM_COMPRESSION (default OFF) is manually set to ON in CMake.
Despite these conditions, when triggered in affected configurations, this vulnerability may allow attackers to manipulate pointers, potentially leading to memory corruption or unexpected behavior.