CVE-2017-9770 Memory corruption in n/a
A local attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the Razer Synapse driver via a crafted IOCTL, potentially causing a crash or leaking memory.
- 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-2017-9770?
CVE-2017-9770 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A specially crafted IOCTL can be issued to the rzpnk.sys driver in Razer Synapse that can cause an out of bounds read operation to occur due to a field within the IOCTL data being used as a length.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9770?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Razerzone Razer Synapse.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9770?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-9770 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-9770 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9770 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xhrx-96p4-r9ww.