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

Published 2018-07-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (19.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Escanav Escan Internet Security Suite — versions 14.0.1400.2029

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/53 (mailing-list, 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.