CVE-2020-9453 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a system crash via improper input validation in the Epson iProjection 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-2020-9453?

CVE-2020-9453 is a medium-severity 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_MPAU.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 0x9C402406 and IOCtl 0x9C40240A. (0x9C402402 has only a NULL pointer dereference.) This affects \Device\EMPMPAUIO and \DosDevices\EMPMPAU.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9453?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Epson Iprojection.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9453?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9453 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-9453 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9453 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-568w-pxmx-pg4m.

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