CVE-2022-38392
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…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- */5400rmp oem harddrive
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=106994Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.seagate.com/support/security/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSvu9IDUjZw&t=416s
- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=106994Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.seagate.com/support/security/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSvu9IDUjZw&t=416s
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.