CVE-2018-25231CWE-98

CVE-2018-25231

Medium · published March 30, 2026

CVSS v3.1

6.2

EPSS

Percentile

10.0

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

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.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS v3.1: 6.2 · MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.00206 · 10.0th percentile
Weakness: CWE-98 · Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
Published: 2026-03-30T16:16Z

Affected products (1)

Product	Versions	Fixed in
heidisql/heidisql	≤ 9.5.0.5196	—

References (4)

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

EPSS history

Timeline

30 MAR 11:02Z
HeidiSQL 9.5.0.5196 Denial of Service via Preferences
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