CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-25282
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-04-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-674
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.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion weakness
References
- https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.70-setup.exe nmap.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45357 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nmap-denial-of-service-via-xml-entity-expansion www.vulncheck.com