CVE-2018-25266
MEDIUMAngry IP Scanner 3.5.3 Denial of Service via Preferences Buffer Overflow
Title source: cnaExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-25266. PoCs published by Fernando Cruz.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a large buffer of 'A' characters (44,455,293 bytes) and writes it to a file. When this file's content is pasted into Angry IP Scanner's preferences, it triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) condition due to buffer overflow.
Description
Angry IP Scanner 3.5.3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the preferences dialog that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively large string. Attackers can generate a file containing a massive buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the unavailable value field in the display preferences to trigger a denial of service.
Exploits (1)
This exploit generates a large buffer of 'A' characters (44,455,293 bytes) and writes it to a file. When this file's content is pasted into Angry IP Scanner's preferences, it triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) condition due to buffer overflow.
References (3)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H