Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 26, 2026· Updated Apr 27, 2026

CVE-2018-25282

Description

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.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.70-setup.exenvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45357nvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nmap-denial-of-service-via-xml-entity-expansionnvd

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