CVE-2018-25356

HIGH 8.4

SIPp 3.6 Local Buffer Overflow via Command-line Arguments

CVSS Score

8.4

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

SIPp 3.6 and earlier contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in command-line argument handling that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability by supplying oversized input to the -3pcc, -i, or -log_file parameters, causing strcpy to write beyond buffer boundaries in sipp.cpp.

CWE	CWE-120
Vendor	sipp
Product	sipp
Published	May 23, 2026
Last Updated	May 26, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Sipp / SIPp

0 ≤ 3.6

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44962 sipp.sourceforge.net: http://sipp.sourceforge.net/ github.com: https://github.com/SIPp/sipp/releases vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sipp-local-buffer-overflow-via-command-line-arguments

Credits

Fakhri Zulkifli