CVE-2018-6523 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in nProtect AVS V4.0 prior to version 4.0.0.39, specifically within the TKFsAv.SYS driver. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts due to insufficient input validation for IOCtl 0x22045c. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0, < 4.0.0.39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:inca:nprotect_avs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.