CVE-2018-3971

HIGH

Sophos HitmanPro.Alert <3.7.6.744 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An 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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105743
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0636

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 7.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-123
Status published
Products (1)
sophos/hitmanpro.alert 3.7.6.744
Published Oct 25, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026