CVE-2025-5942 (GCVE-0-2025-5942)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-14 04:36 – Updated: 2025-08-18 16:45
VLAI
Title
Heap Overflow in Netskope Endpoint DLP Driver
Summary
Netskope was notified about a potential gap in its agent (NS Client) on Windows systems. If this gap is successfully exploited, an unprivileged user can trigger a heap overflow in the epdlpdrv.sys driver, leading to a Blue-Screen-of-Death (BSOD). Successful exploitation can also potentially be performed by an unprivileged user whose NS Client is configured to use Endpoint DLP. A successful exploit can result in a denial-of-service for the local machine.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-15 12:26 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Netskope Netskope Client Affected: 0 , < 126.0.9, 129.0.0 (custom)
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Credits
Thomas Brice
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