CVE-2025-42599

9.8 CRITICAL CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: April 18, 2025 Modified: October 24, 2025

Description

Active! mail 6 BuildInfo: 6.60.05008561 and earlier contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Receiving a specially crafted request created and sent by a remote unauthenticated attacker may lead to arbitrary code execution and/or a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN22348866/
Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp
Third Party Advisory
https://www.qualitia.com/jp/news/2025/04/18_1030.html
Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp
Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-42599
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource

3 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
8.0%
92th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2025-05-19

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

qualitia