What is CVE-2018-25271?

CVE-2018-25271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Textpad, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-25271?

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

Buffer overflow in Textpad

CVE-2018-25271

Textpad 8.1.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long buffer string through the Run command interface. Attackers can paste a 5000-byte payload into th…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (4.0th 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

Textpad — versions 8.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

ExploitDB-45956 (exploit)
Official Product Homepage (product)
Product Reference (product)
VulnCheck Advisory: Textpad 8.1.2 Denial of Service via Run Command (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-25271?: CVE-2018-25271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Textpad, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-25271?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.