CVE-2018-5714 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Malwarefox Anti-Malware version 2.72.169, specifically within its zam64.sys driver. A local attacker can trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) by sending unvalidated input to IOCtl 0x80002054, with potential for other unspecified impacts. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and privileges required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.72.169CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:malwarefox:anti-malware:2.72.169:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.