CVE-2018-9000 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a system crash via improper input validation in the Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 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-2018-9000?

CVE-2018-9000 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 11.0.1.58, the driver file (Monitor_x86.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 0x9c402004.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9000?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Iobit Advanced Systemcare Ultimate.

How do I fix CVE-2018-9000?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-9000 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-2018-9000 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9000 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h75q-7pjp-x87f.

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