CVE-2018-25282Disclosure

LOWCVSS 6.9 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

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NVD description

Nmap 7.70 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malicious XML files with exponential entity expansion. Attackers can create a crafted XML file with nested entity definitions and open it through ZenMap's scan import functionality to cause the program to consume excessive system resources and crash.

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Other references

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-674

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

Technical details provided in 1 signal
Disclosure: 1 classified signal
1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Signal classification1 categories

Disclosure

1100.0%

Referenced assets1 URL

By indicator

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25282

Full discourse1 post

CVE@CVEnew164d
Disclosure
CVE-2018-25282 Nmap 7.70 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malicious XML files with exponential entity ex… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25282
Post summary
The note announces a Denial‑of‑Service vulnerability in Nmap 7.70 (CVE‑2018‑25282) that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malformed XML files containing exponential entities.
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