FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the packet capture buffer allocation. In src/packet_storage.hpp, the allocate_buffer() function computes memory_size_in_bytes as 'buffer_size_in_packets * (max_captured_packet_size + sizeof(fastnetmon_pcap_pkthdr_t)) + sizeof(fastnetmon_pcap_file_header_t)' using unsigned int (32-bit) arithmetic. With max_captured_packet_size=1500 and sizeof(fastnetmon_pcap_pkthdr_t)=16, each packet requires approximately 1516 bytes. If buffer_size_in_packets exceeds approximately 2,832,542, the multiplication overflows, resulting in a much smaller allocation than expected. Subsequent write_packet() calls then write past the allocated buffer, causing heap corruption. The buffer_size_in_packets value is derived from the ban_details_records_count configuration parameter, which is parsed using atoi() with no overflow checking.
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27 May 2026, 14:34
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| References | () https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon - Product | |
| References | () https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/packet_storage.hpp - Product | |
| References | () https://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48690-packet-storage-integer-overflow - Third Party Advisory | |
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Pavel-odintsov
Pavel-odintsov fastnetmon |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:pavel-odintsov:fastnetmon:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
26 May 2026, 21:16
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v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.1 |
| CWE | CWE-122 CWE-190 |
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Information
Published : 2026-05-26 17:16
Updated : 2026-05-27 14:34
NVD link : CVE-2026-48690
Mitre link : CVE-2026-48690
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-48690
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Products Affected
pavel-odintsov
- fastnetmon
