CVE-2018-25271

MEDIUM EPSS 8.1%
Published Apr 22, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.9 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published Apr 22, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Textpad 8.1.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long buffer string through the Run command interface. Attackers can paste a 5000-byte payload into the Command field via Tools > Run to trigger a buffer overflow that crashes the application.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.9
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
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
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
8.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
heliostextpad8.1.2any

References 4

  • textpad.com https://textpad.com
    Product
  • exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45956
    ExploitVDB Entry
  • textpad.com https://www.textpad.com/download/v81/win32/txpeng812-32.zip
    Broken Link
  • vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/textpad-denial-of-service-via-run-command
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.