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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2018-25223 EUVD-2018-21704

Crashmail 1.6 Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution

Published Mar 28, 2026 · Updated Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

Crashmail 1.6 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending malicious input to the application. Attackers can craft payloads with ROP chains to achieve code execution in the application context, with failed attempts potentially causing denial of service.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
crashmail Crashmail 1.6 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 crashmail No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS crashmail No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 crashmail No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS crashmail No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS crashmail No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS crashmail No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS crashmail No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS crashmail No fix yet —

References