CVE-2019-11490

HIGH

Npcap 0.992 - Kernel Pool Corruption via Malformed .pcap File

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in Npcap 0.992. Sending a malformed .pcap file with the loopback adapter using either pcap_sendqueue_queue() or pcap_sendqueue_transmit() results in kernel pool corruption. This could lead to arbitrary code executing inside the Windows kernel and allow escalation of privileges.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1568

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0071

EPSS Percentile 48.6%

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-415

Status published

Products (1)

nmap/npcap 0.992

Published Apr 24, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026