CVE-2018-3971

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-3971
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-25 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-02 13:43:00 UTC
DescriptionAn exploitable arbitrary write vulnerability exists in the 0x2222CC IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744. A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to write data under controlled by an attacker address, resulting in memory corruption. An attacker can send IRP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-123

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sophos Hitmanpro.alert 3.7.6.744 All All All
Application Sophos Hitmanpro.alert 3.7.6.744 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
TALOS-2018-0636 || Cisco Talos Intelligence Group - Comprehensive Threat Intelligence MISC www.talosintelligence.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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