Vulnerability in Smartftp
CVE-2018-25234
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (10.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Smartftp
- Smartftp Client — versions 9.0.2615.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45759 (Exploit, VDB Entry, exploit)
- www.smartftp.com/en-us/ (Product, product)
- www.smartftp.com/en-us/download (Product, product)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smartftp-client-denial-of-service-via-host-field (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-25234?
- CVE-2018-25234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Smartftp, classified under CWE-466. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-03-30.
- How severe is CVE-2018-25234?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.