6.2med
CVE-2018-25293
Prime95 29.4b7 Denial of Service via Proxy Password Field
Published 6 mo ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.2
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.1%
percentile 3%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Prime95 29.4b7 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the PrimeNet connection dialog that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the optional proxy password field. Attackers can trigger a denial of service by entering a 6000-byte payload into the proxy password parameter, causing the application to crash when processing the connection settings.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 6 mo ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.14% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.9 | 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 |
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.9 | 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 |
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- Mersenne Prime95
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
References
- exploit-db.com /exploits/45226 · exploit
- mersenne.org · product
- mersenne.org /ftp_root/gimps/p95v294b7.win32.zip · product
- vulncheck.com /advisories/prime95-29-4b7-denial-of-service-via-proxy-password-field · third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-25293
- NVD: CVE-2018-25293
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