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.

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 characte…

EPSS: 0.000 (6.2th 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

Sandboxie — versions 5.30

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1282

References

ExploitDB-46860 (exploit)
Official Product Homepage (product)
VulnCheck Advisory: Sandboxie 5.30 Denial of Service via Program Alerts Buffer Overflow (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.