What is CVE-2018-25287?

CVE-2018-25287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdtune Drive Power Manager, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-25287?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Hdtune Drive Power Manager

CVE-2018-25287

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 a…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (5.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hdtune Drive Power Manager — versions 1.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

ExploitDB-45299 (exploit)
Official Product Homepage (product)
VulnCheck Advisory: Drive Power Manager 1.10 Denial of Service via Name Field (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-25287?: CVE-2018-25287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdtune Drive Power Manager, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-25287?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.