CVE-2024-12659 IObit Advanced SystemCare Utimate IOCTL AscRegistryFilter.sys 0x8001E004 null pointer dereference

What is CVE-2024-12659?

CVE-2024-12659 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IObit Advanced SystemCare Utimate, published on 16 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability was found in IObit Advanced SystemCare Utimate up to 17.0.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function 0x8001E004 in the library AscRegistryFilter.sys of the component IOCTL Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-476, CWE-404

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12659?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Iobit Advanced Systemcare Ultimate.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12659?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12659 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-12659 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12659 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in IObit Advanced SystemCare Utimate

• CVE-2021-21786 Privilege escalation in Iobit High 8.8
• CVE-2021-21787 Privilege escalation in Iobit High 8.8
• CVE-2021-21788 Privilege escalation in Iobit High 8.8
• CVE-2021-21789 Privilege escalation in Iobit High 8.8
• CVE-2018-9040 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-rrjw-vh74-2hwv.