CVE-2018-25231

MEDIUM 6.2

HeidiSQL 9.5.0.5196 Denial of Service via Preferences

CVSS Score

6.2

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

2th

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.

CWE	CWE-98
Vendor	heidisql
Product	heidisql
Published	Mar 30, 2026
Last Updated	Mar 30, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

Heidisql / HeidiSQL

9.5.0.5196

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45806 heidisql.com: https://www.heidisql.com/ heidisql.com: https://www.heidisql.com/download.php vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/heidisql-denial-of-service-via-preferences

Credits

Victor Mondragón