CVE-2018-25230 (GCVE-0-2018-25230)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-30 11:02 – Updated: 2026-03-30 14:04
VLAI
Title
Free IP Switcher 3.1 Denial of Service via Computer Name
Summary
Free IP Switcher 3.1 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Computer Name field. Attackers can paste a malicious payload into the Computer Name input field and click Activate to trigger a denial of service condition that crashes the application.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2018-02-14 00:00
Credits
Victor Mondragón
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