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CVE-2018-25271: Textpad 8.1.2 Denial of Service via Run Command

• 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: 2026-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Textpad 8.1.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long buffer string through the Run command interface. Attackers can paste a 5000-byte payload into the Command field via Tools > Run to trigger a buffer overflow that crashes the application.

Affected products

• Textpad: 8.1.2

References

• https://textpad.com
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45956
• https://www.textpad.com/download/v81/win32/txpeng812-32.zip
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/textpad-denial-of-service-via-run-command

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