Buffer overflow in Sap Se Sapcar
CVE-2025-42971
A memory corruption vulnerability exists in SAPCAR allowing an attacker to craft malicious SAPCAR archives. When a high privileged victim extracts this malicious archive, it gets processed by SAPCAR on their system, resulting in out-of-bounds memory read and write. This could lead to file extraction and file overwrite outside the intended directories. This vulnerability has low impact on the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the application.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.001 (3.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Sap_se Sapcar — versions SAP_CAR 7.53, 7.22EXT
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-42971?
- CVE-2025-42971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Se Sapcar, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2025-07-08.
- How severe is CVE-2025-42971?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.