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

CVE-2018-25293

Description

Prime95 29.4b7 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the PrimeNet connection dialog that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the optional proxy password field. Attackers can trigger a denial of service by entering a 6000-byte payload into the proxy password parameter, causing the application to crash when processing the connection settings.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.mersenne.orgnvd
www.mersenne.org/ftp_root/gimps/p95v294b7.win32.zipnvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45226nvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/prime95-29-4b7-denial-of-service-via-proxy-password-fieldnvd

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