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CVE-2025-25215: broadcom bcm5820x Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighDeferred
Published 13-06-2025Last modified 03-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-25215 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in broadcom bcm5820x. EPSS estimates a 2.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.71%
0%100%
Low · +0.06 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An arbitrary free vulnerability exists in the cv_close functionality of Dell ControlVault3 prior to 5.15.10.14 and Dell ControlVault3 Plus prior to 6.2.26.36. A specially crafted ControlVault API call can lead to an arbitrary free. An attacker can forge a fake session to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.06 pp

From 2.65% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.71%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Dell2 products
Broadcom1 product

2 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links