Local code execution via unbounded room-number input
Published May 10, 2025 · Updated May 12, 2025
Stack-based buffer overflow in code-projects Hotel Management System 1.0 allows local users to crash the program via an oversized room number. The Edit function reads room-number data into fixed-size stack buffers through an unbounded scanf conversion and gets call, overwriting adjacent memory. An authenticated user must reach the interactive Edit Room workflow; the published proof of concept demonstrates an access-violation crash, while the report identifies arbitrary code execution as a further consequence.
Summary
What happened
Stack-based buffer overflow in code-projects Hotel Management System 1.0 allows local users to crash the program via an oversized room number. The Edit function reads room-number data into fixed-size stack buffers through an unbounded scanf conversion and gets call, overwriting adjacent memory. An authenticated user must reach the interactive Edit Room workflow; the published proof of concept demonstrates an access-violation crash, while the report identifies arbitrary code execution as a further consequence.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-4500
- Published
- May 10, 2025
- Updated
- May 12, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, CWE-121, CWE-119, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- HOTEL_MANAGEMENT_SYSTEM stack overflow proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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