MegaPing contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized payload to the Destination Address List field in the Finger function. Attackers can paste a crafted buffer exceeding expected input limits into the vulnerable field and trigger the Start button to cause a denial of service crash.

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Description MegaPing contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized payload to the Destination Address List field in the Finger function. Attackers can paste a crafted buffer exceeding expected input limits into the vulnerable field and trigger the Start button to cause a denial of service crash.
Title MegaPing Local Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-787
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-26T13:24:15.316Z

Reserved: 2026-03-26T13:16:17.931Z

Link: CVE-2018-25214

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-26T14:16:05.123

Modified: 2026-03-26T15:13:15.790

Link: CVE-2018-25214

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