Lenovo Smart Connect prior 09.0.1.002.000 Virtual Bus Driver heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo Smart Connect. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Virtual Bus Driver. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-1652. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Lenovo Smart Connect and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Virtual Bus Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A potential buffer overflow vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo Virtual Bus driver used in Smart Connect that could allow a local authenticated user to corrupt memory and cause a Windows blue screen error.

The weakness was presented by Yaron Dinkin and Eyal Kraft. The advisory is shared for download at support.lenovo.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-1652 since 01/29/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 09.0.1.002.000 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Smart Connect 09.0.1.002.000

Timelineinfo

01/29/2026 CVE reserved
03/12/2026 +42 days Advisory disclosed
03/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/14/2026 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: lenovo.com

Advisory: support.lenovo.com
Researcher: Yaron Dinkin, Eyal Kraft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-1652 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-1652
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-350608

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2026 04:52
Updated: 03/14/2026 21:54
Changes: 03/12/2026 04:52 (76), 03/14/2026 21:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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