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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | Nmap 7.70 Denial of Service via XML Entity Expansion | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-674 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-04-26T13:19:14.211Z
Reserved: 2026-04-26T13:02:34.328Z
Link: CVE-2018-25282
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