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CVE•Published 2026-05-30•Modified 2026-06-01•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2018-25423

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
6.2
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Description

Arm Whois 3.11 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input string. Attackers can paste a malicious buffer of 700 bytes into the IP address or domain input field to trigger a denial of service condition.

Timeline
Published 2026-05-30
Modified 2026-06-01

External references

NVDMITREExploit-DBSploitustrickest/cveVulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2018-25423
Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2018-25423
Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2018-25423
Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2018-25423
Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2018-25423
GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2018-25423" exploit -site:nvd.nist.gov
Write-ups and news, NVD excluded.

Known PoCs on GitHub

No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2018-25423 on GitHub.
We haven't classified any articles referencing CVE-2018-25423 yet. The external references above still apply.