CVE-2018-25295Public exploit

Application crash via oversized IP field input

Published Apr 26, 2026 · Updated Apr 26, 2026

Denial of service in Ambient Weather ObserverIP Scan Tool 1.4.0.1 allows local users to crash the application through the IP field. The IP-field search path processes a 2,000-byte repeated-character string without bounding the input before the operation terminates the program. Exploitation requires local interactive access to paste the generated payload and click Search; the demonstrated consequence is an application crash.

CVSS severity6.9
Medium
EPSS probability0.12%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Denial of service in Ambient Weather ObserverIP Scan Tool 1.4.0.1 allows local users to crash the application through the IP field. The IP-field search path processes a 2,000-byte repeated-character string without bounding the input before the operation terminates the program. Exploitation requires local interactive access to paste the generated payload and click Search; the demonstrated consequence is an application crash.

The record

CVE
CVE-2018-25295
Published
Apr 26, 2026
Updated
Apr 26, 2026
Vendor
Ambient Weather
Product
ObserverIP Scan Tool
Classifications
CWE-789, T1499.004
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 26, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Apr 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=1.4.0.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Ambient Weather · ObserverIP Scan Toolversion=1.4.0.1

Published CVSS scores

6.2VulnCheckCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.9VulnCheckCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-789Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
T1499.004Endpoint Denial of Service: Application or System Exploitation

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