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GHSA-XFCQ-73QM-28CR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-26 15:30 – Updated: 2026-03-26 15:30

Details

Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying an excessively long string to the 'E-Mail and Registrations Code' field. Attackers can paste a crafted payload containing 5000 bytes of data into the registration field to trigger a crash when the Register button is clicked.

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-2018-25215 (GCVE-0-2018-25215)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-26 13:24 – Updated: 2026-07-28 01:46

Title

Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 Local Buffer Overflow DoS

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 · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-03-26 18:12 UTC

CWE

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46003	exploit
https://www.recoverlostpassword.com/	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/excel-passwo…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Recoverlostpassword	Excel Password Recovery Professional	Affected: 8.2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:passfab:excel_password_recovery:8.2.0.0:::::::*

Date Public

2018-12-15 00:00

Credits

Achilles

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