CVE-2019-25547 NetAware 1.20 Denial of Service via Add Block Buffer Overflow
Local attackers can crash NetAware by pasting oversized input into the website filtering field, causing a buffer overflow.
- 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-2019-25547?
CVE-2019-25547 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Infiltration-Systems NetAware, published on 21 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NetAware 1.20 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the User Blocking feature that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input. Attackers can paste a malicious buffer of 512 bytes into the 'Add a website or keyword to be filtered' field and trigger a crash when removing the created block.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25547?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Spytech-Web Netaware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-25547?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25547 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-2019-25547 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-25547 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Infiltration-Systems NetAware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qg4x-9553-5gfm.