CVE-2017-12840
HIGHDESLock+ < 4.8.16 - Local Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in DLMFENC.sys via IOCTL 0x0FA4204
Title source: llmDescription
A kernel driver, namely DLMFENC.sys, bundled with the DESLock+ client application 4.8.16 and earlier contains a locally exploitable heap based buffer overflow in the handling of an IOCTL message of type 0x0FA4204. The vulnerability is present due to the kernel driver failing to allocate sufficient memory on the kernel heap to contain a user supplied string as such the string is copied into a buffer of constant size (0x1000-bytes) and thus an overflow condition results. Access to the kernel driver is permitted through an obfuscated interface whereby bytes of user supplied message are "authenticated" via an obfuscation routine employing a linear equation.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2017-016/?fid=9946
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0033
EPSS Percentile
24.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
deslock/deslock\+
< 4.8.16
Published
Aug 28, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026