CVE-2018-15730 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 21 Jun 2019 Updated 5 Aug 2024

A local attacker can cause a system crash by sending a malformed request to the STOPzilla AntiMalware kernel driver due to missing input validation.

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-2018-15730?

CVE-2018-15730 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in STOPzilla AntiMalware 6.5.2.59. The driver file szkg64.sys contains a Denial of Service vulnerability due to not validating the output buffer address value from IOCtl 0x80002067.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15730?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Stopzilla Antimalware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-15730?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15730 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-2018-15730 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15730 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9j5g-g92j-j77j.