ELAN Miniport Touchpad Driver prior 24.21.51.2 on Windows IOCTL Request denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in ELAN Miniport Touchpad Driver on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component IOCTL Request Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-42205. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ELAN Miniport Touchpad Driver on Windows (Hardware Driver Software). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component IOCTL Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

ELAN Miniport touchpad Windows driver before 24.21.51.2, as used in PC hardware from multiple manufacturers, allows local users to cause a system crash by sending a certain IOCTL request, because that request is handled twice.

The weakness was published 11/07/2022. The advisory is shared for download at emc.com.tw. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-42205 since 10/11/2021. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 24.21.51.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Miniport Touchpad Driver 24.21.51.2

Timelineinfo

10/11/2021 🔍
11/07/2022 +392 days 🔍
11/07/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/03/2025 +908 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: emc.com.tw
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-42205 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-42205
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-213060

Entryinfo

Created: 11/07/2022 21:58
Updated: 05/03/2025 06:48
Changes: 11/07/2022 21:58 (41), 12/05/2022 10:06 (12), 05/03/2025 06:48 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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