CVE-2018-25367: nasa openvsp Classic Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-25367 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in nasa openvsp. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 25-05-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 27-05-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NASA openVSP 3.16.1 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the geometry name field. Attackers can trigger a denial of service by pasting a 5000-byte payload into the name input field within the Geom browser pod addition interface.

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.