# CVE-2018-25271

> Vulnerability · severity: **MEDIUM** (CVSS 6.2).

## Description

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.

## Key facts

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2018-25271
- **Published:** 2026-04-22
- **CVSS severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS base score:** 6.2
- **CWE codes:** CWE-787

## Affected products

- `helios:textpad`

## Primary sources

- NIST NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25271

## Citation

> AI Analytics. CVE-2018-25271. Retrieved 2026-07-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cve/CVE-2018-25271. Derived from NIST NVD. Licensed CC0.

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