CVE-2018-25234

low-risk
Published 2026-03-30

SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Host field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 300 repeated characters into the Host connection parameter to trigger an application crash.

Do I need to act?

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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.2/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Smartftp

Affected Vendors

Smartftp

References (4)

Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45759
Product https://www.smartftp.com/en-us/
Product https://www.smartftp.com/en-us/download
Third Party Advisory https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smartftp-client-denial-of-service-via-host-...
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal