CVE-2020-9014 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a system crash (BSOD) in Epson iProjection by sending crafted input to the virtual audio device 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-2020-9014?

CVE-2020-9014 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Epson iProjection v2.30, the driver file (EMP_NSAU.sys) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) via crafted input to the virtual audio device driver with IOCTL 0x9C402402, 0x9C402406, or 0x9C40240A. \Device\EMPNSAUIO and \DosDevices\EMPNSAU are similarly affected.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9014?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Epson Iprojection.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9014 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-2020-9014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q92v-wh8q-5wcp.

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