RealTerm Serial Terminal 2.0.0.70 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Echo Port field that allows local attackers to crash the application by triggering a structured exception handler (SEH) chain corruption. Attackers can craft a malicious input string with 268 bytes of padding followed by SEH overwrite values and paste it into the Port field to cause denial of service.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-25569 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-03-22 | — | 0.01% | — |
Full EPSS history (1 record total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.9 | 4.0 | MEDIUM |
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— | — | [email protected] |
| 6.2 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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2.5 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://realterm.sourceforge.io/ | Product |
| https://sourceforge.net/projects/realterm/files/ | Product |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46391 | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/realterm-serial-terminal-seh-overflow-crash | Third Party Advisory |