What is CVE-2018-6783?

CVE-2018-6783 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jiangmin Antivirus, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-6783?

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

Is CVE-2018-6783 known to be exploited?

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

Improper input validation in Jiangmin Antivirus

CVE-2018-6783

In Jiangmin Antivirus 16.0.0.100, the driver file (KSysCall.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 0x9A00825C.

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

EPSS: 0.004 (32.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Jiangmin Antivirus — versions 16.0.0.100
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6783?: CVE-2018-6783 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jiangmin Antivirus, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-6783?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-6783 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.