Memory corruption in Smart Sound Technology - CVE-2018-3666
Published: July 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14007
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3666
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Intel
Affected software:
Smart Sound Technology
Smart Sound Technology
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to non-paged pool overflow in driver module in Intel Smart Sound Technology. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to non-paged pool overflow in driver module in Intel Smart Sound Technology. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-3666
Update to version 9.21.00.3541 or later.