HD Tune Pro 5.70 Denial of Service via Options Dialog
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
HD Tune Pro 5.70 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the folder/file name field. Attackers can trigger a denial of service by entering a 6000-byte payload through the File > Options > Save dialog's folder/file name input field.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-25284
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w9rx-m9r7-6jxj
References
Exploit 1
More Hdtune vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-15511 Easy PhotoResQ 1.0 Buffer Overflow Denial of Service CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2018-15512 Drive Power Manager 1.10 Denial of Service via Name Field CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-25284 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-25284 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w9rx-m9r7-6jxj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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