Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 9, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-10828
CVE-2018-10828
Description
An issue was discovered in Alps Pointing-device Driver 10.1.101.207. ApMsgFwd.exe allows the current user to map and write to the "ApMsgFwd File Mapping Object" section. ApMsgFwd.exe uses the data written to this section as arguments to functions. This causes a denial of service condition when invalid pointers are written to the mapped section. This driver has been used with Dell, ThinkPad, and VAIO devices.
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Affected products
1- Range: =10.1.101.207
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- github.com/SouhailHammou/Exploits/blob/master/CVE-2018-10828/apmsgfwd_exploit_dos.cnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44610/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-25654nvd
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