Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-12899

A flaw in Zephyr’s network stack allows an IPv4 packet containing ICMP type 128 to be misclassified as an ICMPv6 Echo Request.

Published Jan 30, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 13, 2026 · Zephyr

Last checked Nov 5, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12899. EPSS is 0.33%. Act only if a listed version of Zephyr is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.33%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor zephyrproject-rtos Zephyr * <3.7.2

A flaw in Zephyr’s network stack allows an IPv4 packet containing ICMP type 128 to be misclassified as an ICMPv6 Echo Request. This results in an out-of-bounds memory read and creates a potential information-leak vulnerability in the networking subsystem.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor zephyrproject-rtos Zephyr * <3.7.2* <3.7.2

How to fix CVE-2025-12899

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12899. EPSS is 0.33%. Act only if a listed version of Zephyr is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with zephyrproject-rtos Zephyr * <3.7.2 * <3.7.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.33%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 30, 2026 · EUVD

    Detected

    A flaw in Zephyr’s network stack allows an IPv4 packet containing ICMP type 128 to be misclassified as an ICMPv6 Echo Request. This results in an out-of-bounds memory read and creates a potential information-leak vulnerability in the networking subsystem.

  2. Oct 13, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    A flaw in Zephyr’s network stack allows an IPv4 packet containing ICMP type 128 to be misclassified as an ICMPv6 Echo Request. This results in an out-of-bounds memory read and creates a potential information-leak vulnerability in the networking subsystem.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12899

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-12899

    30-day exploitation probability 0.33%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-206577

    A flaw in Zephyr’s network stack allows an IPv4 packet containing ICMP type 128 to be misclassified as an ICMPv6 Echo Request. This results in an out-of-bounds memory read and creates a potential information-leak vulnerability in the networking subsystem.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 5, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 5, 2026
  • CVE.orgNov 4, 2026
  • EUVDNov 2, 2026