Buffer overflow in Elan Microelectronics Corp. Smart-Pad
CVE-2026-18909
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in ELAN Microelectronics Corp. ELAN Smart-Pad on Windows (ETD.sys and ETDSMBus.sys). During Intel SMBus recovery, ETDSMBus.sys does not enforce an upper-bound check on the hardware-derived report count, allowing an out-of-range value to be forwarded to ETD.sys where it is used as a loop counter for a stack buffer copy without destination size validation. A local attacker with standard user privileges can trigger a kernel bugcheck (BSOD 0xF7 DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER), resulting in denial of service. This issue affects ELAN Smart-Pad through ETD24.21.52.3.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.001 (0.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Elan Microelectronics Corp. Smart-pad — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-18909?
- CVE-2026-18909 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elan Microelectronics Corp. Smart-Pad, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2026-08-06.
- How severe is CVE-2026-18909?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.