CVE-2018-25242
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CVE-2018-25242 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.9/10 on the CVSS scale. One Search 1.1.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting excessively long input strings to the search functionality. Attackers can paste a buffer of 950 or more characters into the search bar to trigger an unhandled exception that crashes the application.. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
One Search 1.1.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting excessively long input strings to the search functionality. Attackers can paste a buffer of 950 or more characters into the search bar to trigger an unhandled exception that crashes the application.
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
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- Status
- Deferred
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