CVE-2018-25234

SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Host field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 300 repeated characters into the Host connection parameter to trigger an application crash.

CVSS v3 6.2 MEDIUM

6.2^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45759	Exploit VDB Entry
https://www.smartftp.com/en-us/	Product
https://www.smartftp.com/en-us/download	Product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smartftp-client-denial-of-service-via-host-field	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:smartftp:smartftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-03-30 12:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 01:55

NVD link : CVE-2018-25234

Mitre link : CVE-2018-25234

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-25234

JSON object : View

Products Affected

smartftp

smartftp

CWE

CWE-466

Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range

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