Intel TinyCBOR Libraries up to 0.6.0 recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel TinyCBOR Libraries up to 0.6.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in recursion. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-20025. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Intel TinyCBOR Libraries up to 0.6.0. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Uncontrolled recursion for some TinyCBOR libraries maintained by Intel(R) before version 0.6.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

The advisory is shared for download at intel.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-20025 since 01/25/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.6.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: TinyCBOR Libraries 0.6.1

Timelineinfo

01/25/2025 CVE reserved
08/12/2025 +198 days Advisory disclosed
08/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel-sa-01326
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-20025 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-20025
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-319584

Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2025 19:15
Changes: 08/12/2025 19:15 (75)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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