CVE-2018-5271 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Malwarebytes Premium 3.3.1.2183, where the FARFLT.SYS driver fails to validate input from IOCtl 0x9c40e008, potentially allowing a local user to trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable by a local attacker with low privileges and no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and the vendor has reported an inability to reproduce the issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.3.1.2183CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:malwarebytes:3.3.1.2183:*:*:*:premium:*:*:* |
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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