What is CVE-2018-19523?

CVE-2018-19523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Driveagent, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-01-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-19523?

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

Is CVE-2018-19523 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Driveagent

CVE-2018-19523

DriverAgent 2.2015.7.14, which includes DrvAgent64.sys 1.0.0.1, allows a user to send an IOCTL (0x80002068) with a user defined buffer size. If the size of the buffer is less than 512 bytes, then the driver will overwrite the next pool header if there is one next to the user buffer's pool.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (24.3th 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:H/A:N.

Affected products

Driveagent — versions 2.2015.7.14
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

DownWithUp/CVE-Stockpile

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
nvd@nist.gov (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19523?: CVE-2018-19523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Driveagent, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-01-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-19523?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-19523 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.