CVE-2018-25282

MEDIUM

6.2

Description

Nmap 7.70 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malicious XML files with exponential entity expansion. Attackers can create a crafted XML file with nested entity definitions and open it through ZenMap's scan import functionality to cause the program to consume excessive system resources and crash.

Details CVE

Score CVSS v3.16.2

SeveriteMEDIUM

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

Vecteur d'attaqueLOCAL

ComplexiteLOW

Privileges requisNONE

Interaction utilisateurNONE

Publie4/26/2026

Derniere modification4/27/2026

Sourcenvd

Observations honeypot0

Faiblesses (CWE)

CWE-674

References

https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.70-setup.exe(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45357(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nmap-denial-of-service-via-xml-entity-expansion(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Correlations IOC

Aucune correlation enregistree

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