CVE-2025-4501Public exploit

Application crash via unbounded album-year input

Published May 10, 2025 · Updated May 12, 2025

Stack-based buffer overflow in Code Projects Album Management System 1.0 allows local users to crash the application via album search input. The searchalbum function passes an attacker-controlled year string to scanf("%s", year) without a width limit, overflowing a 20-byte stack buffer. A local low-privilege session and interaction with the Search Albums menu are required; the proof of concept demonstrates a crash, while the documented corruption can overwrite control-flow data.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.35%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stack-based buffer overflow in Code Projects Album Management System 1.0 allows local users to crash the application via album search input. The searchalbum function passes an attacker-controlled year string to scanf("%s", year) without a width limit, overflowing a 20-byte stack buffer. A local low-privilege session and interaction with the Search Albums menu are required; the proof of concept demonstrates a crash, while the documented corruption can overwrite control-flow data.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-4501
Published
May 10, 2025
Updated
May 12, 2025
Vendor
Code Projects
Product
Album Management System
Classifications
CWE-119, CWE-121, CWE-787, T1203
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=1.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Code Projects · Album Management Systemversion=1.0

Published CVSS scores

4.3VulDBAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
5.3VulDBCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
4.8VulDBCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

Public exploit references

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