CVE-2018-25282

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.

CVSS Vector

References

• https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.70-setup.exe
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45357
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nmap-denial-of-service-via-xml-entity-expansion