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GHSA-RR9H-8V7W-6V77

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-05 21:30 – Updated: 2026-04-05 21:30

Details

IP TOOLS 2.50 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the SNMP Scanner component that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input. Attackers can paste malicious data into the 'From Addr' and 'To Addr' fields and trigger the crash by clicking the Start button, causing denial of service and SEH overwrite.

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-2018-25256 (GCVE-0-2018-25256)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-05 20:45 – Updated: 2026-04-06 16:12

Title

IP TOOLS 2.50 Local Buffer Overflow Denial of Service

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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46286	exploit
https://www.ks-soft.net/ip-tools.eng/index.htm	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ip-tools-loc…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Ks-Soft	IP TOOLS	Affected: 2.50

Date Public

2018-12-20 00:00

Credits

Rafael Pedrero

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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-RR9H-8V7W-6V77

CVE-2018-25256 (GCVE-0-2018-25256)

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