CVE-2018-25271

MEDIUM

6.2

Description

Textpad 8.1.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long buffer string through the Run command interface. Attackers can paste a 5000-byte payload into the Command field via Tools > Run to trigger a buffer overflow that crashes the application.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.2

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published4/22/2026

Last Modified4/22/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

References

https://textpad.com(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45956(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.textpad.com/download/v81/win32/txpeng812-32.zip(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/textpad-denial-of-service-via-run-command(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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