{"id":"CVE-2018-25293","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-25293","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:02:10.482Z","title":"Prime95 29.4b7 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the PrimeNet connection dialog that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the optional proxy password field.","description":"Prime95 29.4b7 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the PrimeNet connection dialog that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the optional proxy password field. Attackers can trigger a denial of service by entering a 6000-byte payload into the proxy password parameter, causing the application to crash when processing the connection settings.","published":"2026-04-26T22:17:31.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:55:10.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-120"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00137,"percentile":0.03099,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.mersenne.org","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"http://www.mersenne.org/ftp_root/gimps/p95v294b7.win32.zip","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45226","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/prime95-29-4b7-denial-of-service-via-proxy-password-field","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25293","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}