VulnerabilityPublished 12 Nov 2025Updated 13 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-63927: airpig2011 IEC104 thru · Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.0 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 16:39 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

4.0Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 11% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

AI-suggested

Restrict access to systems running the airpig2011 IEC104 implementation by enforcing strict network segmentation and access controls to limit local access.
Monitor logs and system behavior for signs of crashes or abnormal memory errors related to the Iec10x_Scheduled function, enabling early detection of exploitation attempts.
Implement runtime protections such as memory safety tools or address sanitizers in test environments to identify and mitigate use-after-free conditions.
Engage with the vendor or maintainers of airpig2011 IEC104 to obtain patches or updates addressing this vulnerability as soon as they become available.
Conduct thorough code reviews and testing of multi-threaded components in industrial communication software to identify similar concurrency-related memory management issues.
Prepare incident response plans specifically for industrial control system disruptions, including fallback procedures to maintain operational continuity.
Educate operational technology (OT) personnel about the risks of local access vulnerabilities and enforce strict physical and logical access policies.

Description

A heap-use-after-free vulnerability exists in airpig2011 IEC104 thru Commit be6d841 (2019-07-08). During multi-threaded client execution, the function Iec10x_Scheduled can access memory that has already been freed, potentially causing program crashes or undefined behavior. This may be exploited to trigger a denial-of-service or memory corruption.

Impact

For European organizations, especially those operating critical infrastructure such as energy grids, manufacturing plants, and transportation systems that rely on IEC104 protocol implementations like airpig2011, this vulnerability poses a risk of operational disruption. Exploitation could lead to denial-of-service conditions, causing system outages or degraded performance in industrial control environments. While it does not directly expose sensitive data or allow unauthorized control, the resulting instability could impact availability of critical services. This is particularly concerning in sectors where continuous operation is essential for safety and economic stability. The local attack vector means that attackers need some form of access to the network or system running the vulnerable software, which may be feasible in environments with insufficient network segmentation or insider threats. The absence of known exploits currently reduces immediate risk, but the medium severity rating and potential for memory corruption warrant proactive mitigation. Disruptions in industrial control systems can have cascading effects on supply chains and public services across Europe.

CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)
Variant weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #16
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
Pre-design: Use a language or compiler that performs automatic bounds checking.
Architecture and Design
Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.
Operation · Build and Compilation · Environment Hardening
Use automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are offered by certain compilers or compiler extensions. Examples include: the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice, which provide various mechanisms including canary-based detection and range/index…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Forced Integer Overflow (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 19 Nov 2025, 19:44 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-122

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