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CVE-2018-25256: IP TOOLS 2.50 Local Buffer Overflow Denial of Service

• 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: 2026-04-05 · updated 2026-07-24
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

IP TOOLS 2.50 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the SNMP Scanner component that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input. Attackers can paste malicious data into the 'From Addr' and 'To Addr' fields and trigger the crash by clicking the Start button, causing denial of service and SEH overwrite.

Affected products

• Ks-Soft IP TOOLS: through 2.50

References

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46286
• https://www.ks-soft.net/ip-tools.eng/index.htm
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ip-tools-local-buffer-overflow-denial-of-service

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