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CVE-2018-25282

MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVSS Score & Metrics

Base Score
6.2 / 10
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Description

Nmap 7.70 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malicious XML files with exponential entity expansion. Attackers can create a crafted XML file with nested entity definitions and open it through ZenMap's scan import functionality to cause the program to consume excessive system resources and crash.

Vulnerability Details

Published Date
Last Modified
CWE ID
CWE-674
Source
NVD
Vendor
ZenMap
Product
ZenMap

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