CVE-2018-5958 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published 21 Jan 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a Blue Screen of Death in Zillya! Antivirus by sending invalid input to a specific driver IOCTL.

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-2018-5958?

CVE-2018-5958 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Zillya! Antivirus 3.0.2230.0, the driver file (zef.sys) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x9C402424.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5958?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zillya Zillya\! Antivirus.

How do I fix CVE-2018-5958?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5958 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-2018-5958 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5958 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hj7g-wpmp-qxxc.