CVE-2024-1460 MSI Afterburner v4.6.5.16370 - Kernel Memory Leak

Medium 5.6 Published Updated

A local attacker with high integrity privileges can trigger a kernel memory leak in the RTCore64.sys driver via a specific IOCTL call.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-1460?

CVE-2024-1460 is a medium-severity vulnerability in MSI Afterburner, published on 7 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

MSI Afterburner v4.6.5.16370 is vulnerable to a Kernel Memory Leak vulnerability by triggering the 0x80002040 IOCTL code of the RTCore64.sys driver. The handle to the driver can only be obtained from a high integrity process.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1460?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Msi Afterburner.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1460?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1460 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-1460 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5g62-9q93-xrv9.

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