CVE-2018-15499 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can cause a Blue Screen of Death in GEAR Software drivers via a race condition involving unchecked user-mode memory availability.
- 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-2018-15499?
CVE-2018-15499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
GEAR Software products that include GEARAspiWDM.sys, 2.2.5.0, allow local users to cause a denial of service (Race Condition and BSoD on Windows) by not checking that user-mode memory is available right before writing to it. A check is only performed at the beginning of a long subroutine.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15499?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gearsoftware Gearaspiwdm.
How do I fix CVE-2018-15499?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15499 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-15499 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15499 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cjf3-2xc5-qx57.