CVE-2018-5275 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Malwarebytes Premium 3.3.1.2183, specifically within the FARFLT.SYS driver, due to insufficient input validation. This flaw, rated High severity (CVSS 7.8), allows a local attacker to trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and potentially achieve other unspecified impacts. Despite the high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. The vendor also reported an inability to reproduce the issue across various Windows operating systems.
| 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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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.