# CVE-2019-25463: SpotIE Internet Explorer Password Recovery 2.9.5 Key Field DoS

> Local attackers can crash the SpotIE password recovery application by pasting an excessively long string into the registration key field.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`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`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 7 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c9rp-2chg-736f

## What is CVE-2019-25463?

CVE-2019-25463 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Nsauditor SpotIE Internet Explorer Password Recovery, published on 11 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SpotIE Internet Explorer Password Recovery 2.9.5 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the registration key input field that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string. Attackers can paste a 256-character payload into the Key field during registration to trigger a buffer overflow and crash the application.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25463?


## How do I fix CVE-2019-25463?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25463 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-25463 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-25463 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-25463 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-25463 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Nsauditor SpotIE Internet Explorer Password Recovery, published on 11 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-25463 exists.

Affected product: Nsauditor SpotIE Internet Explorer Password Recovery. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25463/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25463/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25463
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25463
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-25463

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