# CVE-2025-3166: code-projects Product Management System Search Product Menu search_item stack-based overflow

> A local attacker can exploit a stack-based buffer overflow in the search function to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f2ff-9j2m-p32f

## What is CVE-2025-3166?

CVE-2025-3166 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in code-projects Product Management System, published on 3 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in code-projects Product Management System 1.0. This vulnerability affects the function search_item of the component Search Product Menu. The manipulation of the argument target leads to stack-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow), CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3166?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Code-Projects Product Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-3166?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3166 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-3166 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3166 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Product Management System

- [CVE-2025-4069](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4069/): code-projects Product Management System add_item stack-based overflow (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2025-3148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3148/): codeprojects Product Management System Login buffer overflow (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-3166 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-3166 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in code-projects Product Management System, published on 3 Apr 2025. 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-2025-3166 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Product Management System. 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-2025-3166/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3166/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3166
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3166
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3166

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3166/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.