CVE Catalog

CVE-2018-25238

MediumCVSS 6.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

VSCO version 1.1.1.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by pasting a 5000-character string into the search bar and navigating back.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that a local user can intentionally crash the VSCO application, potentially causing loss of unsaved data or disrupting workflow.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update VSCO to the latest version, which includes a fix limiting the input length in the search field.

Original NVD description (English source)

VSCO 1.1.1.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string through the search functionality. Attackers can paste a buffer of 5000 characters into the search bar and navigate back to trigger an application crash.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS