CVE-2018-25356 (GCVE-0-2018-25356)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-23 18:30 – Updated: 2026-05-26 13:28
VLAI
Title
SIPp 3.6 Local Buffer Overflow via Command-line Arguments
Summary
SIPp 3.6 and earlier contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in command-line argument handling that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability by supplying oversized input to the -3pcc, -i, or -log_file parameters, causing strcpy to write beyond buffer boundaries in sipp.cpp.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-26 13:28 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 7770 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Sipp SIPp Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.6 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-06-30 00:00
Credits
Fakhri Zulkifli
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