CVE-2018-25224

PMS 0.42 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying malicious values in the configuration file. Attackers can craft configuration files with oversized input that overflows the stack buffer and execute shell commands via return-oriented programming gadgets.

CVSS 4.0

8.6CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 10% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-306

Published

2026-03-28

Modified

2026-10-07

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• kimtore:practical_music_search

References

• https://pms.sourceforge.net
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44426
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pms-stack-based-buffer-overflow-via-configuration-file

Check your stackJSON