CVE-2018-25234 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-25234

SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 Denial of Service via Host Field

Vulnerability Description

SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Host field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 300 repeated characters into the Host connection parameter to trigger an application crash.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Victor Mondragón

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

SmartFTP Client
Vulnerable Versions:
9.0.2615.0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 30th, 2026
Last Modified: April 1st, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-466

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.