CVE-2018-25234

MEDIUM

SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 Denial of Service via Host Field

Title source: cna

Description

SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Host field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 300 repeated characters into the Host connection parameter to trigger an application crash.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by Victor Mondragón · pythondoswindows_x86-64

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45759

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (4)

[Exploit] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45759

[Product] https://www.smartftp.com/en-us/

[Product] https://www.smartftp.com/en-us/download

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smartftp-client-denial-of-service-via-host-field

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 3.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-466

Status published

Products (2)

smartftp/smartftp < 9.0.2615.0

Smartftp/SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0

Published Mar 30, 2026

Tracked Since Mar 30, 2026