Advisories

HeidiSQL 9.5.0.5196 Denial of Service via Preferences

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severity
medium
date
Affecting
  • HeidiSQL <= 9.5.0.5196

CWE
  • CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
CVSS
6.9
CVSS V4 Vector
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
Credit
Victor Mondragón
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.

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