{"cve":"CVE-2025-38077","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T10:15:41.240","modified":"2026-06-17T09:16:00.463","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Avoid buffer overflow in current_password_store()\n\nIf the 'buf' array received from the user contains an empty string, the\n'length' variable will be zero. Accessing the 'buf' array element with\nindex 'length - 1' will result in a buffer overflow.\n\nAdd a check for an empty string.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-787"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e89a4077490f52cde652d17e32519b666abf3a6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60bd13f8c4b3de2c910ae1cdbef85b9bbc9685f5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8594a123cfa23d708582dc6fb36da34479ef8a5b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97066373ffd55bd9af0b512ff3dd1f647620a3dc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f86465626917df3b8bdd2756ec0cc9d179c5af0f"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38077","score":0.00226,"percentile":0.13381,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}