CVE-2018-8060 Null dereference in n/a
An unprivileged user can trigger a Windows kernel panic via a null pointer dereference in the HWiNFO AMD64 kernel driver, causing a system crash.
- 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-2018-8060?
CVE-2018-8060 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel driver version 8.98 and lower allows an unprivileged user to send an IOCTL to the device driver. If input and/or output buffer pointers are NULL or if these buffers' data are invalid, a NULL/invalid pointer access occurs, resulting in a Windows kernel panic aka Blue Screen. This affects IOCTLs higher than 0x85FE2600 with the HWiNFO32 symbolic device name.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8060?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hwinfo Amd64 Kernel Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2018-8060?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-8060 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-8060 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8060 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f5hv-4vv9-w36h.