spimsimulator spim v9.1.24 and before is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the READ_SYSCALL and WRITE_SYSCALL system calls. The application verifies the legitimacy of the starting and ending addresses for memory read/write operations. By configuring the starting and ending addresses for memory read/write to point to distinct memory segments within the virtual machine, it is possible to circumvent these checks.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-29364 is rated Exploit Available (50.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.05% | 0.36% | +0.31% |
| 2 | 2025-09-29 | 0.04% | 0.05% | +0.01% |
| 3 | 2025-08-29 | — | 0.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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3.9 | 2.5 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2025-29364 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (spim), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-29364 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-29364 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (spim), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-29364 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| spimsimulator | spim | <= 9.1.24 | cpe:2.3:a:spimsimulator:spim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |