What is CVE-2018-10098?

CVE-2018-10098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Escanav Escan Internet Security Suite, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-10098?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Escanav Escan Internet Security Suite

CVE-2018-10098

In MicroWorld eScan Internet Security Suite (ISS) for Business 14.0.1400.2029, the driver econceal.sys allows a non-privileged user to send a 0x830020E0 IOCTL request to \\.\econceal to cause a denial of service (BSOD).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (21.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Escanav Escan_internet_security_suite — versions 14.0.1400.2029
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10098?: CVE-2018-10098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Escanav Escan Internet Security Suite, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-10098?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.