CVE-2018-10828 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Alps Pointing-device Driver version 10.1.101.207, which is found in various Dell, ThinkPad, and VAIO devices. A local attacker can exploit this by writing invalid pointers to the "ApMsgFwd File Mapping Object" section, causing the ApMsgFwd.exe process to crash. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity and low privileges required, resulting in a high impact on availability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or significant community discussion, a proof-of-concept exploit (EDB-44610) is publicly available on ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.1.101.207CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alps:pointing-device_driver:10.1.101.207:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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