CVE-2020-24089 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a denial of service in IOBit Malware Fighter via the ImfHpRegFilter.sys 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-2020-24089?

CVE-2020-24089 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in ImfHpRegFilter.sys in IOBit Malware Fighter version 8.0.2, allows local attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS).

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24089?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Iobit Malware Fighter.

How do I fix CVE-2020-24089?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24089 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-2020-24089 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24089 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5g25-5pfp-fm6c.

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