Medium 6.2Published Apr 22, 2026

CVE-2018-25271Textpad 8.1.2 Denial of Service via Run Command

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 25, 2026, 8:00 PM ET)

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Textpad 8.1.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long buffer string through the Run command interface. Attackers can paste a 5000-byte payload into the Command field via Tools > Run to trigger a buffer overflow that crashes the application.

CVSS: 6.2 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Apr 22, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Textpad Textpad textpad:textpad (from the name)	8.1.2	CNA record
helios textpad helios:textpad	8.1.2	NVD

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45956exploit, vdb-entry
https://textpad.comproduct
https://www.textpad.com/download/v81/win32/txpeng812-32.zipproduct, broken-link
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/textpad-denial-of-service-via-run-commandthird-party-advisory

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