What is CVE-2025-60696?

CVE-2025-60696 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linksys Re7000, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2025-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-60696?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Linksys Re7000

CVE-2025-60696

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the makeRequest.cgi binary of Linksys RE7000 routers (Firmware FW_v2.0.15_211230_1012). The arplookup function parses lines from /proc/net/arp using sscanf("%16s ... %18s ..."), storing…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (11.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linksys Re7000
Linksys Re7000_firmware — versions 2.0.15
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-60696?: CVE-2025-60696 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linksys Re7000, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2025-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-60696?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.