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Description

ObserverIP Scan Tool 1.4.0.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string in the IP input field. Attackers can paste a 2000-byte buffer of repeated characters into the IP field and trigger a search operation to cause an application crash.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-26 | Published 2026-04-26 | Updated 2026-04-27 | Assigner VulnCheck




MEDIUM: 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
MEDIUM: 6.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem types

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

Product status

1.4.0.1
affected

Credits

Gionathan "John" Reale finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45204 (ExploitDB-45204) exploit

www.ambientweather.com (Official Product Homepage) product

p10.secure.hostingprod.com/...m/ssl/iptools/IPTools64bit.exe (Product Reference) product

www.vulncheck.com/...can-tool-denial-of-service-via-ip-field (VulnCheck Advisory: ObserverIP Scan Tool 1.4.0.1 Denial of Service via IP Field) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2018-25295)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2018-25295)

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