Bug 2481639 (CVE-2026-48689) - CVE-2026-48689 fastnetmon: off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow in the dynamic_binary_buffer_t class
Summary: CVE-2026-48689 fastnetmon: off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow in the dynam...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-48689
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2482729 2482730
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Reported: 2026-05-26 19:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-28 15:43 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-26 19:01:40 UTC
FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow in the dynamic_binary_buffer_t class (src/dynamic_binary_buffer.hpp). Five methods (append_dynamic_buffer, append_data_as_pointer, append_data_as_object_ptr, memcpy_from_ptr, memcpy_from_object_ptr) use an incorrect bounds check of the form 'if (offset + length > maximum_internal_storage_size + 1)' instead of the correct 'if (offset + length > maximum_internal_storage_size)'. This allows writing exactly one byte past the end of the heap-allocated buffer. The class is used pervasively in BGP message encoding/decoding, NetFlow template processing, and Flow Spec NLRI construction. An attacker who can send network traffic (NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, or BGP) to a FastNetMon instance can trigger this overflow, potentially achieving arbitrary code execution by corrupting heap metadata. Notably, the append_byte() method uses the correct bounds check, confirming the inconsistency.


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