CVE-2022-38392 Denial of service in n/a
Physically proximate attackers can cause hard drive malfunction and system crash via resonant-frequency audio attacks, affecting older 5400 RPM drives.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-38392?
CVE-2022-38392 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Certain 5400 RPM hard drives, for laptops and other PCs in approximately 2005 and later, allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (device malfunction and system crash) via a resonant-frequency attack with the audio signal from the Rhythm Nation music video. A reported product is Seagate STDT4000100 763649053447.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38392?
It affects 1 product.
Products include * 5400rmp Oem Harddrive.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38392?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38392 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-2022-38392 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38392 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4355-8x7v-vfpv.