CVE-2018-25292 Bome Restorator 1793 Denial of Service via Buffer Overflow
Local attackers can crash Bome Restorator by pasting an excessively long string into the Name field, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-25292?
CVE-2018-25292 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Bome Restorator, published on 26 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Bome Restorator 1793 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Name field. Attackers can create a malicious payload exceeding 4000 bytes and paste it into the Name input field to trigger an application crash and denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25292?
How do I fix CVE-2018-25292?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25292 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-25292 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25292 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r23r-rhf4-vhhm.