What is CVE-2019-17603?

CVE-2019-17603 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Aura Sync, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-06-02.

How severe is CVE-2019-17603?

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

Is CVE-2019-17603 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Asus Aura Sync

CVE-2019-17603

Ene.sys in Asus Aura Sync through 1.07.71 does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0x80102044, 0x80102050, and 0x80102054, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges via IOCTL requests using crafted kernel addresses that trigger memory corruption.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (50.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Asus Aura_sync
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17603?: CVE-2019-17603 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Aura Sync, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-06-02.
How severe is CVE-2019-17603?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17603 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.