CVE-2025-48768
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CVE-2025-48768 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability was discovered in fs/inode/fs_inoderemove code of the Apache NuttX RTOS that allowed root filesystem inode removal leading to a debug assert trigger (that is disabled by default), NULL pointer dereference (handled differently depending on the target architecture), or in general, a Denial of Service. This issue affects Apache NuttX RTOS: from 10.0.0 before 12.10.0. Users of filesystem based services with write access that were exposed over the network (i.e. FTP) are affected and recommended to upgrade to version 12.10.0 that fixes the issue.. EPSS estimates a 0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability was discovered in fs/inode/fs_inoderemove code of the Apache NuttX RTOS that allowed root filesystem inode removal leading to a debug assert trigger (that is disabled by default), NULL pointer dereference (handled differently depending on the target architecture), or in general, a Denial of Service. This issue affects Apache NuttX RTOS: from 10.0.0 before 12.10.0. Users of filesystem based services with write access that were exposed over the network (i.e. FTP) are affected and recommended to upgrade to version 12.10.0 that fixes the issue.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apache | Nuttx | >= 10.0.0, < 12.10.0 |
References
- https://github.com/apache/nuttx/pull/16437Issue Tracking
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/nwo1kd08b7t3dyz082q2pghdxwvxwyvoMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/31/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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