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Description

PMS 0.42 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying malicious values in the configuration file. Attackers can craft configuration files with oversized input that overflows the stack buffer and execute shell commands via return-oriented programming gadgets.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-03-28 | Published 2026-03-28 | Updated 2026-03-30 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.6CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
HIGH: 8.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Product status

0.42
affected

Credits

Juan Sacco <jsacco@exploitpack.com> - http://exploitpack.com finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44426 (ExploitDB-44426) exploit

pms.sourceforge.net (Official Product Homepage) product

www.vulncheck.com/...-buffer-overflow-via-configuration-file (VulnCheck Advisory: PMS 0.42 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow via Configuration File) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2018-25224)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2018-25224)

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