CVE-2019-25621 Pixel Studio 2.17 Denial of Service via Malformed Input
Local attackers can crash Pixel Studio by entering arbitrary characters, causing the application to become unresponsive or terminate.
- 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-2019-25621?
CVE-2019-25621 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Pixarra Pixel Studio, published on 23 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Pixel Studio 2.17 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by providing malformed input through the keyboard interface. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability by entering arbitrary characters, causing the application to become unresponsive or terminate abnormally.
Weakness: CWE-807
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25621?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pixarra Pixel Studio.
How do I fix CVE-2019-25621?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25621 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-25621 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-25621 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vj7p-x3wh-g79x.