What is CVE-2018-9151?

CVE-2018-9151 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kingsoft Internet Security 9 Plus, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-9151?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Kingsoft Internet Security 9 Plus

CVE-2018-9151

A NULL pointer dereference bug in the function ObReferenceObjectByHandle in the Kingsoft Internet Security 9+ kernel driver KWatch3.sys allows local non-privileged users to crash the system via IOCTL 0x80030030.

EPSS: 0.003 (21.0th 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

Kingsoft Internet_security_9_plus — versions 2010.06.23.247
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9151?: CVE-2018-9151 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kingsoft Internet Security 9 Plus, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-9151?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.