CVE-2018-3661 Memory corruption in System Configuration Utilities
A local attacker can trigger a buffer overflow in Intel System Configuration Utilities to crash the services, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2018-3661?
CVE-2018-3661 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Intel Corporation System Configuration Utilities, published on 15 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in Intel system Configuration utilities selview.exe and syscfg.exe before version 14 build 11 allows a local user to crash these services potentially resulting in a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3661?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Intel Selview, Intel Syscfg.
How do I fix CVE-2018-3661?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3661 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-2018-3661 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3661 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6g5m-366h-pfpv.