CVE-2018-25369 Visual Ping 0.8.0.0 Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Local attackers can crash Visual Ping by supplying oversized data to input 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-2018-25369?
CVE-2018-25369 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in scanwith Visual Ping, published on 25 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Visual Ping 0.8.0.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in input field handling that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized data. Attackers can inject malicious payloads exceeding 4108 bytes into the Host, Time Out, Packet Size, Pause, or Loops fields to trigger a denial of service condition.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25369?
How do I fix CVE-2018-25369?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25369 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-2018-25369 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25369 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-392x-mh69-rr3h.