Medium severity · published May 25, 2026
CVE-2018-25367
NASA openVSP 3.16.1 Denial of Service via Buffer Overflow
6.2
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NASA openVSP 3.16.1 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the geometry name field. Attackers can trigger a denial of service by pasting a 5000-byte payload into the name input field within the Geom browser pod addition interface.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
openVSP · NASA
3.16.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25367
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25367
github.com
https://github.com/nasa/OpenVSP
www.exploit-db.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45281
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nasa-openvsp-denial-of-service-via-buffer-overflow