What is CVE-2018-25253?

CVE-2018-25253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Compuphase Termite, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-25253?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Compuphase Termite

CVE-2018-25253

Termite 3.4 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the User interface language settings field that allows local attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying an excessively long string. Attackers can paste a 2000-byte payload into the Settings User interface language field to crash the application.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (7.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Compuphase Termite — versions 3.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, exploit)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Product, product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Product, product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-25253?: CVE-2018-25253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Compuphase Termite, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-25253?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.