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CVE-2025-9557: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr Classic Buffer Overflow

CVSS: 7.6v3.1HighDeferred
Published 26-11-2025Last modified 13-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-9557 is a high (CVSS 7.6) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in zephyrproject-rtos zephyr. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.6/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-11-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

‭An out-of-bound write can lead to an arbitrary code execution. Even on devices with some form of memory protection, this can still lead to‬ ‭a crash and a resultant denial of service.‬

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

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

Zephyrproject-rtos1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links