CVE-2018-3666 Memory corruption in Smart Sound Technology
A local attacker can execute arbitrary code with administrator privileges via a non-paged pool overflow in the Intel Smart Sound Technology 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-2018-3666?
CVE-2018-3666 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Intel Corporation Smart Sound Technology, published on 1 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Driver module in Intel Smart Sound Technology before version 9.21.00.3541 potentially allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code as administrator via a non-paged pool overflow.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3666?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Intel Smart Sound Technology.
How do I fix CVE-2018-3666?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3666 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-2018-3666 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3666 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel Corporation Smart Sound Technology
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ghqp-4375-rwc7.