CVE-2018-25242
MediumCVSS 6.2Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs
Summary
One Search 1.1.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting excessively long input strings to the search functionality. Attackers can paste a buffer of 950 or more characters into the search bar to trigger an unhandled exception that crashes the application.
Risk Assessment
The risk is that a local attacker can intentionally crash the application, leading to service disruption and potential data loss or user inconvenience.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update One Search to the latest version that includes a fix for input length validation, or implement input validation in the application.
Original NVD description (English source)
One Search 1.1.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting excessively long input strings to the search functionality. Attackers can paste a buffer of 950 or more characters into the search bar to trigger an unhandled exception that crashes the application.