Vulnerability in Iobit Smart Defrag
CVE-2019-6492
SmartDefragDriver.sys (2.0) in IObit Smart Defrag 6 never frees an executable kernel pool that is allocated with user defined bytes and size when IOCTL 0x9C401CC4 is called. This kernel pointer can be leaked if the kernel pool becomes a "big" pool.
EPSS: 0.005 (37.4th 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:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Iobit Smart_defrag — versions 6.0
- 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-2019-6492?
- CVE-2019-6492 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Iobit Smart Defrag, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-03-21.
- How severe is CVE-2019-6492?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-6492 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.