Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-14308

Critical

Published: 09 December 2025

Published
09 December 2025
Modified
05 January 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0012 30.0th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the write method of the Buffer class in Robocode version 1.9.3.6. The method fails to properly validate the length of data being written, allowing attackers to cause an overflow, potentially leading to buffer overflows…

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and arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability can be exploited by submitting specially crafted inputs that manipulate the data length, leading to potential unauthorized code execution.

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

prevent

SI-10 requires validation of information inputs, directly preventing integer overflows from specially crafted data lengths in the Buffer write method.

prevent

SI-2 mandates identification, reporting, and correction of system flaws, directly addressing the integer overflow vulnerability through patching as indicated by the available pull request.

prevent

SI-16 implements memory protections that prevent arbitrary code execution resulting from buffer overflows triggered by the integer overflow.

Security SummaryAI

CVE-2025-14308 is an integer overflow vulnerability (CWE-190) in the write method of the Buffer class in Robocode version 1.9.3.6, published on 2025-12-09. The method fails to properly validate the length of data being written, allowing attackers to trigger an overflow that can lead to buffer overflows and arbitrary code execution.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), making it exploitable over the network with low attack complexity by unauthenticated attackers without requiring user interaction. Attackers can submit specially crafted inputs that manipulate the data length, potentially achieving unauthorized code execution on affected systems.

A pull request addressing the issue is available at https://github.com/robo-code/robocode/pull/70.

Details

CWE(s)

Affected Products

robocode
robocode
1.9.3.6

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

The vulnerability allows remote, unauthenticated arbitrary code execution via network exploitation of a public-facing application component, directly mapping to T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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