CVE-2018-25266
Angry IP Scanner 3.5.3 Denial of Service via Preferences Buffer Overflow
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- Apr 22, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 1, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 22, 2026
Description
Angry IP Scanner 3.5.3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the preferences dialog that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively large string. Attackers can generate a file containing a massive buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the unavailable value field in the display preferences to trigger a denial of service.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.9 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 6.2 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Angry IP ScannerAngryip |
|
References
- ExploitDB-45993exploit
- Official Product Homepageproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: Angry IP Scanner 3.5.3 Denial of Service via Preferences Buffer Overflowthird-party-advisory
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