CVE-2018-25234SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Host field.
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SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Host field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 300 repeated characters into the Host connection parameter to trigger an application crash.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-466
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
smartftp smartftp smartftp:smartftp | through 9.0.2615.0 | NVD |
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45759exploit, vdb-entry
- https://www.smartftp.com/en-us/product
- https://www.smartftp.com/en-us/downloadproduct
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smartftp-client-denial-of-service-via-host-fieldthird-party-advisory
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