CVE-2018-25423
MEDIUMArm Whois 3.11 Denial of Service via Buffer Overflow
Title source: cnaExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-25423. PoCs published by Yair Rodríguez Aparicio.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in Arm Whois 3.11 by generating a buffer overflow payload (700 'A' characters) and writing it to a file. The crash occurs when the payload is pasted into the application's input field.
Description
Arm Whois 3.11 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input string. Attackers can paste a malicious buffer of 700 bytes into the IP address or domain input field to trigger a denial of service condition.
Exploits (1)
This PoC demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in Arm Whois 3.11 by generating a buffer overflow payload (700 'A' characters) and writing it to a file. The crash occurs when the payload is pasted into the application's input field.
References (4)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H