CVE-2019-25572

NordVPN 6.19.6 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string in the email input field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 100,000 characters into the email field during login 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://downloads.nordcdn.com/apps/windows/10/NordVPN/latest/NordVPNSetup.exe	Broken Link
https://nordvpn.com/	Product
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46343	Exploit VDB Entry
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nordvpn-denial-of-service-via-email-field-buffer-overflow	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nordvpn:nordvpn:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-03-21 13:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 02:32

NVD link : CVE-2019-25572

Mitre link : CVE-2019-25572

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-25572

JSON object : View

Products Affected

nordvpn

nordvpn

CWE

CWE-1260

Improper Handling of Overlap Between Protected Memory Ranges

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