CVE-2018-25294 (GCVE-0-2018-25294)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-26 13:19 – Updated: 2026-04-27 14:07
VLAI
Title
CEWE Photoshow 6.3.4 Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Summary
CEWE Photoshow 6.3.4 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the login dialog that allows attackers to crash the application by submitting oversized input. Attackers can inject 4000 bytes of data into the email address and password fields to trigger a denial of service condition.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2018-08-17 00:00
Credits
Gionathan "John" Reale
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