CVE-2025-48990 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-48990

NeKernel has Heap Overflow in `rt_copy_memory`

Vulnerability Description

NeKernal is a free and open-source operating system stack. Version 0.0.2 has a 1-byte heap overflow in `rt_copy_memory`, which unconditionally wrote a null terminator at `dst[len]`. When `len` equals the size of the destination buffer (256 bytes), that extra `'\0'` write overruns the buffer by one byte. To avoid breaking existing callers or changing the public API, the patch in commit fb7b7f658327f659c6a6da1af151cb389c2ca4ee takes a minimal approach: it simply removes the overflow-causing line without adding bounds checks or altering the function signature.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

nekernel-org

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Affected Software

nekernel
Vulnerable Versions:
= 0.0.2

Timeline

Official Publish: June 2nd, 2025
Last Modified: June 2nd, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

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