# CVE-2018-25367: NASA openVSP buffer overflow in geometry name field

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2018-25367-nasa-openvsp-buffer-overflow-in-geometry-name-field  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-05-25. Updated: 2026-05-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2018-25367 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.2 · Published 2026-05-25

NASA openVSP, a tool used for designing 3D aircraft models, is vulnerable to a flaw that can cause the application to crash. By entering an excessively long name for a design component, a user can trigger a memory error that shuts down the software. This results in a denial of service, potentially causing loss of unsaved engineering work or interrupting design operations.

Vendors: [Nasa](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/nasa).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2018-25367 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2018-25367 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2018-25367?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.2, published 25 May 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Nasa openVSP 3.16.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2018-25367?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2018-25367 attacked?** It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2018-25367?** Check whether you run Nasa openVSP at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

A classic buffer overflow (CWE-120) exists in NASA openVSP version 3.16.1 due to insufficient input validation in the geometry name field. A local attacker can trigger this vulnerability by navigating to the 'Geom browser' interface and pasting a 5000-byte payload into the 'name' input field during the addition of a 'pod' component. This action causes a memory corruption that leads to an immediate application crash (Denial of Service). The vulnerability was demonstrated on Windows x86-64 platforms. While the repository was archived in 2018, users should be aware that no official patch is noted in the advisory for this legacy version.

## Affected products

- NASA openVSP 3.16.1

## Timeline

- 2018-08-28: disclosed: Initial discovery and PoC by researcher L0RD
- 2018-08-29: other: Exploit published on Exploit-DB
- 2018-09-08: other: GitHub repository archived by owner
- 2026-05-25: advisory: CVE published/updated by VulnCheck and NVD

## References

- [https://github.com/nasa/OpenVSP](https://github.com/nasa/OpenVSP)
- [https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45281](https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45281)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nasa-openvsp-denial-of-service-via-buffer-overflow](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nasa-openvsp-denial-of-service-via-buffer-overflow)