CVE-2025-24845 Command injection in Defense Platform Home Edition

Medium 6.3 Published 6 Feb 2025 Updated 12 Feb 2025

Attackers can cause a Blue Screen of Death and denial of service on Windows systems by exploiting argument injection in Defense Platform Home Edition.

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-2025-24845?

CVE-2025-24845 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Humming Heads Inc. Defense Platform Home Edition, published on 6 Feb 2025. 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

Improper neutralization of argument delimiters in a command ('Argument Injection') issue exists in Defense Platform Home Edition Ver.3.9.51.x and earlier. If an attacker provides specially crafted data to the specific process of the Windows system where the product is running, the system may cause a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), and as a result, cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Weakness: CWE-88

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24845?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hummingheads Defense Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2025-24845?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24845 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2025-24845 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24845 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qgfh-pxfj-79w2.