CVE-2017-15303

Published: Oct 16, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

In CPUID CPU-Z before 1.43, there is an arbitrary memory write that results directly in elevation of privileges, because any program running on the local machine (while CPU-Z is running) can issue an ioctl 0x9C402430 call to the kernel-mode driver (e.g., cpuz141_x64.sys for version 1.41).

Affected (1)

Products: Cpuid: Cpu Z

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Cpuid Cpu Z	Up to 1.42

Related CWEs

Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (2)

https://github.com/akayn/Bugs/blob/master/CPUID/CVE-2017-15303/README.md

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/akayn/Bugs/blob/master/CPUID/CVE-2017-15303/README.md

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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