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CVE-2018-25288: StyleWriter 1.0 Denial of Service via Pattern Input

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

StyleWriter 1.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string. Attackers can paste a 6000-byte payload into the Pattern to Find or Advice Message fields in the Add Pattern dialog to trigger a denial of service condition.

Affected products

• Editorsoftware StyleWriter: 1.0

References

• http://www.editorsoftware.com
• http://www.editorsoftware.com/StyleWriter_Download.php
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45250
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/stylewriter-denial-of-service-via-pattern-input

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