RealTerm Serial Terminal 2.0.0.70 SEH Overflow Crash
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-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
RealTerm Serial Terminal 2.0.0.70 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Echo Port field that allows local attackers to crash the application by triggering a structured exception handler (SEH) chain corruption. Attackers can craft a malicious input string with 268 bytes of padding followed by SEH overwrite values and paste it into the Port field to cause denial of service.
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-2019-25569
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qm4h-vmrq-638h
References
Exploit 1
More Realterm vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-15732 RealTerm Serial Terminal 2.0.0.70 Buffer Overflow SEH CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2019-15623 RealTerm Serial Terminal 2.0.0.70 Denial of Service via Port Field CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-25569 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-25569 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qm4h-vmrq-638h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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