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CVE-2018-25215: Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 Local Buffer Overflow DoS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-03-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying an excessively long string to the 'E-Mail and Registrations Code' field. Attackers can paste a crafted payload containing 5000 bytes of data into the registration field to trigger a crash when the Register button is clicked.

Affected products

• Passfab Excel Password Recovery: 8.2.0.0

References

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46003
• https://www.recoverlostpassword.com/
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/excel-password-recovery-professional-local-buffer-overflow-dos

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