Sandboxie 5.30 Denial of Service via Program Alerts Buffer Overflow
Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-1282Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Sandboxie 5.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Program Alerts configuration field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 5000 characters into the 'Select or enter a program' field during program alert configuration to trigger an application crash.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00176 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandboxie | Sandboxie | 5.30 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Sandboxie VendorSandboxie Affected 5.30 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sandboxie-plus:sandboxie:5.30:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | 5.30 | Vulnerable | sandboxie-plus |
- cpe:2.3:a:sandboxie-plus:sandboxie:5.30:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* Versions 5.30 Vulnerable ·sandboxie-plus
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-25551
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2fhg-mfw9-px88
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
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- TI-2017-09215 Sandboxie installer 5071703 has a DLL Hijacking or Unsafe DLL Loading Vulnerability via a… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-25551 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-25551 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2fhg-mfw9-px88 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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