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CVE-2018-25288

Published: Apr 26, 2026

Modified: Apr 27, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.2

MEDIUM

Description

StyleWriter 1.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string. Attackers can paste a 6000-byte payload into the Pattern to Find or Advice Message fields in the Add Pattern dialog to trigger a denial of service condition.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Editorsoftware	StyleWriter	affected `1.0`

Weaknesses (CWE)

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

ExploitDB-45250

exploit

Official Product Homepage

product

Product Reference

product

VulnCheck Advisory: StyleWriter 1.0 Denial of Service via Pattern Input

third-party-advisory

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