CVE-2018-25282
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.
- Score
- CVSS 4.0 6.9 Medium
- Status
- Deferred - disclosure@vulncheck.com
- Published
- 2026-04-26
- Last modified
- 2026-04-27
- Weaknesses
- CWE-674
Affected products
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
