Application crash via oversized registration code
Published Mar 22, 2026 · Updated Mar 22, 2026
Buffer overflow in Nsasoft DNSS Domain Name Search Software 2.1.8 allows local users to crash the application via a registration code. Registration-code handling accepts a 300-character string in the Register menu's Name/Key field and writes beyond the intended buffer. Exploitation requires local GUI access and manual submission of the crafted value; the demonstrated consequence is an application crash, not code execution or system shutdown.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in Nsasoft DNSS Domain Name Search Software 2.1.8 allows local users to crash the application via a registration code. Registration-code handling accepts a 300-character string in the Register menu's Name/Key field and writes beyond the intended buffer. Exploitation requires local GUI access and manual submission of the crafted value; the demonstrated consequence is an application crash, not code execution or system shutdown.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2019-25591
- Published
- Mar 22, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 22, 2026
- Vendor
- Nsasoft
- Product
- DNSS Domain Name Search Software
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 22, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 22, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.1.8
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Public exploit references
- DNSS 2.1.8 Denial of Service PoCproof of concept · demonstrated
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