Watchr 1.1.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string to the search functionality. Attackers can paste a buffer of 8145 characters into the search bar and trigger a search operation to cause the application to crash.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Microsoft
  • Watchr

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References
Link Providers
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46194 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9PN12GNX62VZ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/watchr-denial-of-service-via-search cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft watchr
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft watchr

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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References

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Description Microsoft Watchr 1.1.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string to the search functionality. Attackers can paste a buffer of 8145 characters into the search bar and trigger a search operation to cause the application to crash. Watchr 1.1.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string to the search functionality. Attackers can paste a buffer of 8145 characters into the search bar and trigger a search operation to cause the application to crash.
Title Microsoft Watchr 1.1.0.0 Denial of Service via Search Watchr 1.1.0.0 Denial of Service via Search

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Microsoft Watchr 1.1.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string to the search functionality. Attackers can paste a buffer of 8145 characters into the search bar and trigger a search operation to cause the application to crash.
Title Microsoft Watchr 1.1.0.0 Denial of Service via Search
Weaknesses CWE-1260
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-04-04T13:51:07.827Z

Updated: 2026-04-06T19:05:28.808Z

Reserved: 2026-04-04T13:16:34.636Z

Link: CVE-2018-25240

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-06T19:03:21.592Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-04T14:16:19.453

Modified: 2026-04-07T13:20:55.200

Link: CVE-2018-25240

cve-icon Redhat

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