CVE-2018-25287 Drive Power Manager 1.10 Denial of Service via Name Field
Local attackers can crash Drive Power Manager by entering an excessively long string in the Name field, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-25287?
CVE-2018-25287 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hdtune Drive Power Manager, published on 26 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Drive Power Manager 1.10 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Name field. Attackers can paste a 6000-byte payload into the Name field and click Register to trigger a denial of service condition.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25287?
How do I fix CVE-2018-25287?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25287 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-25287 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25287 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6jcc-pfxq-9xg8.