CVE-2018-25367 — NASA openVSP 3.16.1 Denial of Service via Buffer Overflow

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MEDIUM

NASA openVSP 3.16.1 Denial of Service via Buffer Overflow

Published May 25, 2026

6.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 4.0

EPSS 0.17%

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.

Affected products

Vendor NASA Product openVSP Default
n/a
- Version
  3.16.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

NASA

openVSP

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
3.16.1	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.17% 0.00168

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00168

Score over time

May–Oct 2026

EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (3 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.17% (0.00168)	5.54th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.17% (0.00168)	6.46th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
May 26, 2026	0.01% (0.00012)	1.73th	v4 (v2025.03.14)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-120

Classic Buffer Overflow

References (3)

https://github.com/nasa/OpenVSP
product
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45281
exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nasa-openvsp-denial-of-service-via-buffer-overflow
third-party-advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/nasa/OpenVSP		product
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45281		exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nasa-openvsp-denial-of-service-via-buffer-overflow		third-party-advisory