CVE-2014-100039 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published Updated

Local attackers can crash Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit via a crafted IOCTL call, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-100039?

CVE-2014-100039 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jan 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

mbae.sys in Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit before 1.05.1.2014 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted size in an unspecified IOCTL call, which triggers an out-of-bounds read. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-100039?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Malwarebytes Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit.

How do I fix CVE-2014-100039?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-100039 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-100039 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-100039 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8hxv-c53j-pffp.

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