GEAR Product GEARAspiWDM.sys Blue Screen race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in GEAR Product. This vulnerability affects unknown code in the library GEARAspiWDM.sys. Performing a manipulation results in race condition (Blue Screen). This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-15499. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GEAR Product (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code in the library GEARAspiWDM.sys. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability (Blue Screen). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

GEAR Software products that include GEARAspiWDM.sys, 2.2.5.0, allow local users to cause a denial of service (Race Condition and BSoD on Windows) by not checking that user-mode memory is available right before writing to it. A check is only performed at the beginning of a long subroutine.

The bug was discovered 08/23/2018. The weakness was published 08/24/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at downwithup.github.io. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-15499 since 08/17/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-124489, VDB-124490, VDB-124491 and VDB-125805. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Name: Blue Screen
Class: Race condition / Blue Screen
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/17/2018 🔍
08/23/2018 +6 days 🔍
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08/25/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/18/2020 +571 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: downwithup.github.io
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-15499 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-15499
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-123225
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2018 08:26
Updated: 03/18/2020 08:35
Changes: 08/25/2018 08:26 (59), 03/18/2020 08:35 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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