CVE-2018-6207 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a system crash (BSOD) in Max Secure Anti Virus 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-2018-6207?

CVE-2018-6207 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Max Secure Anti Virus 19.0.3.019,, the driver file (MaxProtector32.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 0x220019.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6207?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Maxpcsecure Anti Virus.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6207?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6207 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-2018-6207 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6207 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p7cg-jfmr-x6pf.

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