CVE-2018-9151 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local non-privileged users can crash the system via a NULL pointer dereference in the Kingsoft Internet Security kernel 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-2018-9151?

CVE-2018-9151 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A NULL pointer dereference bug in the function ObReferenceObjectByHandle in the Kingsoft Internet Security 9+ kernel driver KWatch3.sys allows local non-privileged users to crash the system via IOCTL 0x80030030.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9151?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Kingsoft Internet Security 9 Plus.

How do I fix CVE-2018-9151?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-9151 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-9151 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9151 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-68wm-7f94-vq2h.

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