CVE-2018-25271

MEDIUM 6.2

Textpad 8.1.2 Denial of Service via Run Command

CVSS Score

6.2

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Textpad 8.1.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long buffer string through the Run command interface. Attackers can paste a 5000-byte payload into the Command field via Tools > Run to trigger a buffer overflow that crashes the application.

CWE	CWE-787
Vendor	textpad
Product	textpad
Published	Apr 22, 2026
Last Updated	Apr 22, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

Textpad / Textpad

8.1.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45956 textpad.com: https://textpad.com textpad.com: https://www.textpad.com/download/v81/win32/txpeng812-32.zip vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/textpad-denial-of-service-via-run-command

Credits

Gionathan "John" Reale