What is GHSA-mv86-8f26-gw3x?

GHSA-mv86-8f26-gw3x is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Arm Whois 3.11 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-mv86-8f26-gw3x cover?

GHSA-mv86-8f26-gw3x covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2018-25423. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-mv86-8f26-gw3x?

GHSA-mv86-8f26-gw3x has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.2, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-mv86-8f26-gw3xMediumCVSS 6.2

Arm Whois 3.11 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 30, 2026

Last Modified

May 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2018-25423 →

📋 Description

Arm Whois 3.11 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input string. Attackers can paste a malicious buffer of 700 bytes into the IP address or domain input field to trigger a denial of service condition.

🔗 References (6)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25423
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45762
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/arm-whois-denial-of-service-via-buffer-overflow
http://www.armcode.com
http://www.armcode.com/downloads/arm-whois.exe
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mv86-8f26-gw3x