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1 vulnerability by Compuphase

CVE-2018-25253 (GCVE-0-2018-25253)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-04 13:51 – Updated: 2026-04-04 20:00
VLAI?
Title
Termite 3.4 Denial of Service via Settings Buffer Overflow
Summary
Termite 3.4 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the User interface language settings field that allows local attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying an excessively long string. Attackers can paste a 2000-byte payload into the Settings User interface language field to crash the application.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Compuphase Termite Affected: 3.4
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Date Public ?
2018-09-24 00:00
Credits
Abdullah Alıç
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