What is CVE-2018-5714?

CVE-2018-5714 is a high-severity vulnerability in Malwarefox Anti-Malware, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2018-5714?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Malwarefox Anti-Malware

CVE-2018-5714

In Malwarefox Anti-Malware 2.72.169, the driver file (zam64.sys) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x80002054.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-01-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Malwarefox Anti-Malware — versions 2.72.169

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

github.com/whiteHat001/DRIVER_POC/tree/master/malwarefox/0x80002054 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5714?: CVE-2018-5714 is a high-severity vulnerability in Malwarefox Anti-Malware, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-5714?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.