CVE-2018-25215

Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying an excessively long string to the 'E-Mail and Registrations Code' field. Attackers can paste a crafted payload containing 5000 bytes of data into the registration field to trigger a crash when the Register button is clicked.

Score

CVSS 4.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Analyzed - disclosure@vulncheck.com

Published

2026-03-26

Last modified

2026-07-28

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

• Excel Password Recovery (Passfab)

References

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46003
• https://www.recoverlostpassword.com/
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/excel-password-recovery-professional-local-buffer-overflow-dos