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Description

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

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-17 | Published 2026-05-17 | Updated 2026-05-18 | 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

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Product status

10.6.18
affected

Credits

Kevin McGuigan finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44494 (ExploitDB-44494) exploit

www.7elements.co.uk (Official Product Homepage) product

www.vxsearch.com (Official Product Homepage) product

www.vulncheck.com/...cal-buffer-overflow-via-directory-field (VulnCheck Advisory: VX Search 10.6.18 Local Buffer Overflow via Directory Field) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2018-25328)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2018-25328)

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