In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in OnBeacon ESR IE parsing The Extended Supported Rates (ESR) IE handling in OnBeacon accessed *(p + 1 + ielen) and *(p + 2 + ielen) without verifying that these offsets lie within the received frame buffer. A malformed beacon with an ESR IE positioned at the end of the buffer could cause an out-of-bounds read, potentially triggering a kernel panic. Add a boundary check to ensure that the ESR IE body and the subsequent bytes are within the limits of the frame before attempting to access them. This prevents OOB reads caused by malformed beacon frames.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-68254 is rated Low Risk (7.4/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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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 | 0.04% | 0.18% | +0.14% |
| 2 | 2026-05-14 | 0.06% | 0.04% | -0.02% |
| 3 | 2026-04-17 | — | 0.06% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
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| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-68254 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5, open 1. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68254 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68254 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2025-68254 severity moderate: SUSE including 417 source package names (13.2-9.1:libsystemd0-254.23-1.1, 13.2-9.1:libudev1-254.23-1.1, …), 889 product×package rows across 128 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (128 product lines)): Fixed 376, Known Not Affected 257, Known Affected 231, First Fixed 25. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68254/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-68254 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 182, released 148, needed 51, pending 14. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68254 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No affected products in dataset. | |||