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CVE-2025-52568 Detail

Description

NeKernal is a free and open-source operating system stack. Prior to version 0.0.3, there are several memory safety issues that can lead to memory corruption, disk image corruption, denial of service, and potential code execution. These issues stem from unchecked memory operations, unsafe typecasting, and improper input validation. This issue has been patched in version 0.0.3.


Metrics

 
NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
CVSS-B 8.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/nekernel-org/nekernel/commit/6506875ad0ab210b82a5c4ce227bf851508de17d GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/nekernel-org/nekernel/commit/6511afbf405c31513bc88ab06bca58218610a994 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/nekernel-org/nekernel/pull/35 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/nekernel-org/nekernel/pull/36 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/nekernel-org/nekernel/security/advisories/GHSA-cmp2-5f6g-mw34 GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-52568
NVD Published Date:
06/24/2025
NVD Last Modified:
06/26/2025
Source:
GitHub, Inc.