K7 Antivirus CVE-2017-17699 Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	102253
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2017-17699
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 15 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 15 2017 12:00AM
Credit:	mmmxny.
Vulnerable:	K7 Computing Pvt Ltd K7Sentry.sys 15.1.0.59 K7 Computing Pvt Ltd K7 Antivirus 15.1.0309
Not Vulnerable:

K7 Antivirus CVE-2017-17699 Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

K7 Antivirus is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the application, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

K7 Antivirus 15.1.0309 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

K7 Antivirus CVE-2017-17699 Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

The researcher has created a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the issue. Please see the references for more information.

K7 Antivirus CVE-2017-17699 Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

K7 Antivirus CVE-2017-17699 Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• K7Computing Homepage (K7Computing)
  
• mmmxny/K7-Antivirus (Github)