CVE-2018-25297 Wansview 1.0.2 Denial of Service via Buffer Overflow
Local attackers can crash Wansview cameras by injecting oversized payloads into camera name and DID fields, 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-2018-25297?
CVE-2018-25297 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Wansview, 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
Wansview 1.0.2 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input strings. Attackers can inject 2000-byte payloads into the Camera name and DID number fields during camera addition to trigger application crashes.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25297?
How do I fix CVE-2018-25297?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25297 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-2018-25297 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25297 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cr2m-m65f-7j2p.