VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-25282
CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-04-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion