Vulnerability in Sandboxie
CVE-2019-25551
Sandboxie 5.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Program Alerts configuration field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 5000 characters into the 'Select or enter a program' field during program alert configuration 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 (6.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.2% 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
- Sandboxie — versions 5.30
- Sandboxie-Plus Sandboxie — versions 5.30
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46860 (Exploit, VDB Entry, exploit)
- www.sandboxie.com (Product, product)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sandboxie-denial-of-service-via-program-alerts-buf… (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-25551?
- CVE-2019-25551 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sandboxie, classified under CWE-1282. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-03-21.
- How severe is CVE-2019-25551?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.