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CVE-2022-38392

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-08-17 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

• * 5400Rmp Oem Harddrive: all versions

References

• https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=106994
• https://www.seagate.com/support/security/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSvu9IDUjZw&t=416s
• https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=106994
• https://www.seagate.com/support/security/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSvu9IDUjZw&t=416s

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