CVE-2024-12662 IObit Advanced SystemCare Utimate IOCTL AscRegistryFilter.sys 0x8001E040 null pointer dereference

What is CVE-2024-12662?

CVE-2024-12662 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 classified as problematic has been found in IObit Advanced SystemCare Utimate up to 17.0.0. This affects the function 0x8001E040 in the library AscRegistryFilter.sys of the component IOCTL Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. An attack has to be approached locally. 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-2024-12662?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Iobit Advanced Systemcare Ultimate.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12662?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12662 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-12662 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12662 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-5h2c-fvjp-2wmx.