Cyber Resilience

CVE-2018-25328

HighPublic PoC

Published: 17 May 2026

Published
17 May 2026
Modified
18 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 8.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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
EPSS Score 0.0015 4.4th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2018-25328 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Vxsearch (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 4.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

VX Search 10.6.18 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to overwrite the instruction pointer by supplying an oversized string in the directory field. Attackers can craft a malicious input file containing 271 bytes of junk data followed…

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by a return address to execute arbitrary code with application privileges.

CWE(s)
CWE-120

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

Vxsearch
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

References