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GHSA-8M9X-GFWW-F5VW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-21 15:33 – Updated: 2026-03-21 15:33

Details

RealTerm Serial Terminal 2.0.0.70 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Port field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 1000 characters into the Port input field and click the open button to trigger a crash.

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


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

6.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2019-25570 (GCVE-0-2019-25570)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-21 12:47 – Updated: 2026-03-24 15:15

Title

RealTerm Serial Terminal 2.0.0.70 Denial of Service via Port Field

Summary

Severity ?

6.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

5.5 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-1260 - Improper Handling of Overlap Between Protected Memory Ranges

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46390	exploit
	https://realterm.sourceforge.io/	product
	https://sourceforge.net/projects/realterm/files/	product
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/realterm-ser…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Realterm	RealTerm: Serial Terminal	Affected: 2.0.0.70

Date Public ?

2019-02-18 00:00

Credits

Alejandra Sánchez

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Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8M9X-GFWW-F5VW

CVE-2019-25570 (GCVE-0-2019-25570)

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