CVE-2025-38599

HIGHNVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-08-19. NVD baseline CVSS 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible OOB access in mt7996_tx()

Fis possible Out-Of-Boundary access in mt7996_tx routine if link_id is set to IEEE80211_LINK_UNSPECIFIED

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(medium)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
10%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2025

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible OOB access in mt7996_tx() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82eabd0ff8067d1ee95515f4174c9a9569d54cb
generic

wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible OOB access in mt7996_tx() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f43e7d8ae4b6a73213032545552bab26f76f113a
generic

wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible OOB access in mt7996_tx() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64cbf0d7ce9afe20666da90ec6ecaec6ba5ac64b

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 6.15.10—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-38599?
CVE-2025-38599 is a high vulnerability published on August 19, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible OOB access in mt7996_tx() Fis possible Out-Of-Boundary access in mt7996tx routine if linkid is set to IEEE80211LINKUNSPECIFIED
When was CVE-2025-38599 disclosed?
CVE-2025-38599 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 19, 2025, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-38599 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-38599 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 89.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-38599?
CVE-2025-38599 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-38599?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-38599, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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