What is CVE-2018-25282?

CVE-2018-25282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zenmap, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-04-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-25282?

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

Vulnerability in Zenmap

CVE-2018-25282

Nmap 7.70 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malicious XML files with exponential entity expansion. Attackers can create a crafted XML file with nested entity defin…

EPSS: 0.000 (4.3th 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

Zenmap — versions 7.70

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

ExploitDB-45357 (exploit)
Product Reference (product)
VulnCheck Advisory: Nmap 7.70 Denial of Service via XML Entity Expansion (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-25282?: CVE-2018-25282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zenmap, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-04-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-25282?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.