NULL pointer dereference in Hwinfo Amd64 Kernel Driver
CVE-2018-8060
HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel driver version 8.98 and lower allows an unprivileged user to send an IOCTL to the device driver. If input and/or output buffer pointers are NULL or if these buffers' data are invalid, a NULL/invalid pointer access occurs, resulting in a Windows kernel panic aka Blue Screen. This affects IOCTLs higher than 0x85FE2600 with the HWiNFO32 symbolic device name.
EPSS: 0.006 (43.0th 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
- Hwinfo Amd64_kernel_driver
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-8060?
- CVE-2018-8060 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hwinfo Amd64 Kernel Driver, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-10.
- How severe is CVE-2018-8060?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-8060 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.