ASUS Business System Control Interface prior 0.5.14.0 IOCTL Request out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ASUS Business System Control Interface and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component IOCTL Request Handler. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-15038. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ASUS Business System Control Interface. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component IOCTL Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An Out-of-Bounds Read vulnerability exists in the ASUS Business System Control Interface driver. This vulnerability can be triggered by an unprivileged local user sending a specially crafted IOCTL  request, potentially leading to a disclosure of kernel information or a system crash. Refer to the "Security Update for ASUS  Business System Control Interface" section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

The advisory is shared at asus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-15038 since 12/23/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.5.14.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Business System Control Interface 0.5.14.0

Timelineinfo

12/23/2025 CVE reserved
03/12/2026 +79 days Advisory disclosed
03/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/17/2026 +5 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: asus.com

Advisory: asus.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-15038 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-15038
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-350605

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2026 04:51
Updated: 03/17/2026 06:56
Changes: 03/12/2026 04:51 (66), 03/17/2026 06:56 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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