CVE-2018-3970: Medium severity sophos hitmanpro.alert vulnerability
Published Oct 25, 2018
·Updated
An exploitable memory disclosure vulnerability exists in the 0x222000 IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744. A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to return uninitialized memory, resulting in kernel memory disclosure. An attacker can send an IRP request to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected Software
1 affected component
Sophos HitmanPro.Alert=3.7.6.744
Event History
Oct 25, 2018
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:00 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the vulnerability ID?
The vulnerability ID is CVE-2018-3970.
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What is the severity of CVE-2018-3970?
The severity of CVE-2018-3970 is medium (5.5).
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How does CVE-2018-3970 affect Sophos HitmanPro.Alert?
CVE-2018-3970 affects Sophos HitmanPro.Alert version 3.7.6.744.
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What is the impact of CVE-2018-3970?
CVE-2018-3970 allows an attacker to disclose kernel memory through a specially crafted IRP request.
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How can I fix CVE-2018-3970?
To fix CVE-2018-3970, update to the latest version of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert.