CVE-2018-25328

8.6 highEPSS 0.1%

High (8.6). EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

VX Search 10.6.18 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to overwrite the instruction pointer by supplying an oversized string in the directory field. Attackers can craft a malicious input file containing 271 bytes of junk data followed by a return address to execute arbitrary code with application privileges.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.6 high

CVSS: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

8.4 high

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

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-120
Published: 2026-05-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

http://www.vxsearch.com
https://www.7elements.co.uk
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44494
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vx-search-local-buffer-overflow-via-directory-field

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