What is CVE-2022-44898?

CVE-2022-44898 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Aura Sync, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-12-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-44898?

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

Buffer overflow in Asus Aura Sync

CVE-2022-44898

The MsIo64.sys component in Asus Aura Sync through v1.07.79 does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0x80102040, 0x80102044, 0x80102050, and 0x80102054, allowing attackers to trigger a memory corruption and cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or escalate privileges via crafted IOCTL requests.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (29.7th 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

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Product, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-44898?: CVE-2022-44898 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Aura Sync, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-44898?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.