CVE-2018-25231 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-25231

HeidiSQL 9.5.0.5196 Denial of Service via Preferences

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Victor Mondragón

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

HeidiSQL
Vulnerable Versions:
9.5.0.5196

Timeline

Official Publish: March 30th, 2026
Last Modified: March 30th, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-98

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1505 Server Software Component
Persistence
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection