CVE-2008-2926

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.2HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Broadcom Internet Security SuiteCA Host Based Intrusion Prevention System
Timeline
PublishedAug 12
Latest updateMay 1

Description

The kmxfw.sys driver in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) r8, as used in CA Internet Security Suite and Personal Firewall, does not properly verify IOCTL requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted request.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

Patches

Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: secunia.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6cmr-6f4q-j55j: The kmxfw↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2008-2926: The kmxfw↗2008-08-12
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4682 wireshark: DoS (app abort) via a malformed .ncf file with an unknown/unexpected packet type↗2008-10-23
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