CVE-2018-15499

CVSS V2 Medium 4.7 CVSS V3 Medium 4.7

Description

GEAR Software products that include GEARAspiWDM.sys, 2.2.5.0, allow local users to cause a denial of service (Race Condition and BSoD on Windows) by not checking that user-mode memory is available right before writing to it. A check is only performed at the beginning of a long subroutine.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-15499

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-08-24T19:29:01

Last Modified Date
2018-11-06T15:36:45

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-362	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gearsoftware:gearaspiwdm:2.2.5.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
4.7

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
6.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
4.7

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/DownWithUp/CVE-2018-15499	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://downwithup.github.io/CVEPosts.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15499
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15499

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:53:50				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:26:56	2018-08-24T19:29Z	2018-08-24T19:29:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 11:26:56		2018-11-06T15:36:45	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 11:26:56		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated