CVE-2018-3970

An exploitable memory disclosure vulnerability exists in the 0x222000 IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744. A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to return uninitialized memory, resulting in kernel memory disclosure. An attacker can send an IRP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - talos-cna@cisco.com

Published

2018-10-25

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-908

Affected products

• Hitmanpro.alert (Sophos)
• Sophos (Talos)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105743
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0635