CVE-2025-4993 Untrusted Pointer Dereference vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Pointer Manipulation.
Attackers can exploit untrusted pointer dereference in RTI Connext Professional libraries to manipulate pointers, potentially leading to code execution or crashes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-4993?
CVE-2025-4993 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional, published on 23 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Untrusted Pointer Dereference vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Pointer Manipulation. This issue affects Connext Professional: from 7.4.0 before 7.6.0, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.0.10, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.2.27, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.1.43, from 5.3.0 before 5.3.*, from 5.2.0 before 5.2.*, from 4.4a before 5.1.*.
Weakness: CWE-822
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4993?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rti Connext Professional.
How do I fix CVE-2025-4993?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4993 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-4993 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4993 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-hp37-j39p-25fc.