CVE-2018-25253 is a medium-severity buffer overflow vulnerability found in Termite 3.4, specifically within its User interface language settings field. A local attacker can exploit this by supplying an excessively long string, such as a 2000-byte payload, to trigger a denial of service by crashing the application. The attack requires local access to the system but has low complexity, with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this vulnerability are minimal, indicating very low public attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:compuphase:termite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.