CVE-2018-25231
HeidiSQL 9.5.0.5196 Denial of Service via Preferences
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- Mar 30, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 30, 2026
Description
HeidiSQL 9.5.0.5196 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long file path in the logging preferences. Attackers can input a buffer-overflow payload through the SQL log file path field in Preferences > Logging to trigger an application crash.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.9 Medium | 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 | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 6.2 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
HeidiSQLHeidisql |
|
References
- ExploitDB-45806exploit
- Official Product Homepageproduct
- Product Referenceproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: HeidiSQL 9.5.0.5196 Denial of Service via Preferencesthird-party-advisory
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