VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2019-25572

NordVPN 6.19.6 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string in the email input field.

MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.16%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

NordVPN 6.19.6 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string in the email input field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 100,000 characters into the email field during login to trigger an application crash.

CVSS 4.0: 6.9 MEDIUMCVSS: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
EPSS: 0.16% probability · 5th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-1260
Affected: nordvpn/nordvpn
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com

References

https://downloads.nordcdn.com/apps/windows/10/NordVPN/latest/NordVPNSetup.exeBroken Link
https://nordvpn.com/Product
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46343Exploit, VDB Entry
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nordvpn-denial-of-service-via-email-field-buffer-overflowThird Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.