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.

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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: 0.005 (43.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-8060: held from 0.006 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.005 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.