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CVE-2018-25231

Published: Mar 30, 2026

Modified: Mar 30, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.2

MEDIUM

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Heidisql	HeidiSQL	affected `9.5.0.5196`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

ExploitDB-45806

exploit

Official Product Homepage

product

Product Reference

product

VulnCheck Advisory: HeidiSQL 9.5.0.5196 Denial of Service via Preferences

third-party-advisory

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