5400 RPM OEM Hard Drive denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in 5400 RPM OEM Hard Drive. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-38392. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. No exploit exists. Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has an historic impact.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in 5400 RPM OEM Hard Drive (version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

A certain 5400 RPM OEM hard drive, as shipped with laptop PCs in approximately 2005, allows 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.

The weakness was disclosed 08/17/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at devblogs.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-38392 since 08/17/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/22/2026). Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-40978). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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08/17/2022 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: devblogs.microsoft.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-38392 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-38392
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-206647
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/17/2022 22:35
Updated: 06/22/2026 14:36
Changes: 08/17/2022 22:35 (45), 08/17/2022 22:36 (1), 06/22/2026 14:36 (15)
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