CVE-2018-25282
MEDIUM
NVD
CVSS Score
6.2
Severity
MEDIUM
Published
Apr 26, 2026
Vendor
unknown
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.