What is CVE-2018-25256?

CVE-2018-25256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ks-Soft Ip Tools, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-25256?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ks-Soft Ip Tools

CVE-2018-25256

IP TOOLS 2.50 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the SNMP Scanner component that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input. Attackers can paste malicious data into the 'From Addr' and 'To Addr' fields and trigger the crash by clicking the Start button, causing denial of service and SEH overwrite.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (10.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ks-soft Ip Tools — versions 2.50
Ks-soft Ip-tools

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 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-25256?: CVE-2018-25256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ks-Soft Ip Tools, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-25256?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.