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CVE-2018-25282

Published: Apr 26, 2026

Modified: Apr 27, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.2

MEDIUM

Description

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 definitions and open it through ZenMap's scan import functionality to cause the program to consume excessive system resources and crash.

VendorProductVersions

ZenMap

ZenMap

affected
7.70

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-674

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

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