Visual Ping 0.8.0.0 Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Visual Ping 0.8.0.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in input field handling that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized data. Attackers can inject malicious payloads exceeding 4108 bytes into the Host, Time Out, Packet Size, Pause, or Loops fields to trigger a denial of service condition.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-25369
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-392x-mh69-rr3h
References
Exploit 1
Sources
- CVE-2018-25369 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-25369 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-392x-mh69-rr3h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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