CVE-2018-6471 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system crash (BSOD) in SUPERAntiSpyware Professional 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-2018-6471?
CVE-2018-6471 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In SUPERAntiSpyware Professional Trial 6.0.1254, the driver file (SASKUTIL.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 0x9C402078.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6471?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Superantispyware Superantispyware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6471?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6471 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-2018-6471 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6471 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2018-6476 Privilege escalation in n/a
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- CVE-2025-14489 RealDefense SUPERAntiSpyware Exposed Dangerous Function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-14490 RealDefense SUPERAntiSpyware Exposed Dangerous Function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-14491 RealDefense SUPERAntiSpyware Exposed Dangerous Function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pm73-pqg7-3839.