CVE-2018-25328

VX Search 10.6.18 Local Buffer Overflow via Directory Field

CVSS 8.6 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-120

Vexday Risk Score

41Attention

SSVC decision (CISA)

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PoC available → attend closely

CVSS 8.6EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

17 May 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

VX Search 10.6.18 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to overwrite the instruction pointer by supplying an oversized string in the directory field. Attackers can craft a malicious input file containing 271 bytes of junk data followed by a return address to execute arbitrary code with application privileges.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

vxsearch · VX Search

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/44494unverified

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References

https://www.7elements.co.uk https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44494 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vx-search-local-buffer-overflow-via-directory-field http://www.vxsearch.com