CVE-2017-18019 Information disclosure in n/a
An attacker can read arbitrary memory or cause a crash via unsanitized input to the K7Sentry device in K7 Total Security.
- 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-2017-18019?
CVE-2017-18019 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In K7 Total Security before 15.1.0.305, user-controlled input to the K7Sentry device is not sufficiently sanitized: the user-controlled input can be used to compare an arbitrary memory address with a fixed value, which in turn can be used to read the contents of arbitrary memory. Similarly, the product crashes upon a \\.\K7Sentry DeviceIoControl call with an invalid kernel pointer.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18019?
It affects 1 product.
Products include K7computing Total Security.
How do I fix CVE-2017-18019?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18019 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-18019 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18019 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6xcc-8jcr-hfj7.