# CVE-2025-7208: 9fans plan9port x509.c edump heap-based overflow

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2025-07-09 · Updated: 2025-07-09

## Affected

- 9fans plan9port: 9da5b44

## Description

A vulnerability was found in 9fans plan9port up to 9da5b44. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function edump in the library /src/plan9port/src/libsec/port/x509.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This product takes the approach of rolling releases to provide continious delivery. Therefore, version details for affected and updated releases are not available. The identifier of the patch is b3e06559475b0130a7a2fb56ac4d131d13d2012f. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on 9fans plan9port, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.259053
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.259053
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.304567
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.607684
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kedwNLNDiFQB2OAp7S-ZKYoF7nxfIZGO?usp=sharing
- https://github.com/9fans/plan9port/issues/710#issuecomment-2819906648
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/19698345/plan9port_crash_1.txt
- https://git.9front.org/plan9front/plan9front/b3e06559475b0130a7a2fb56ac4d131d13d2012f/commit.html

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