CVE-2017-8339 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a Blue Screen of Death in Panda Free Antivirus by sending a crafted request to the PSKMAD.sys driver.
- 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-2017-8339?
CVE-2017-8339 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PSKMAD.sys in Panda Free Antivirus 18.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSoD) via a crafted DeviceIoControl request to \\.\PSMEMDriver.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8339?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Watchguard Panda Antivirus.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8339?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8339 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-2017-8339 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8339 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xm42-x3fj-82gw.