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CVE-2018-25231

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-25231 identifies a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting HeidiSQL version 9.5.0.5196. Local attackers can exploit this by supplying an excessively long file path in the SQL log file path field within the application's logging preferences, which triggers a buffer overflow and causes the application to crash. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.2 (Medium), this vulnerability has a local attack vector and low attack complexity, resulting in a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit modules available; community discussion is minimal, and it is not listed on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.5.0.5196CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:heidisql:heidisql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

6.9MEDIUM

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
NONE
VS Integrity
NONE
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/45806
ExploitVDB Entry
heidisql.com
Product
heidisql.com / download.php
Product
vulncheck.com / advisories/heidisql-denial-of-service-via-preferences
Third Party Advisory