Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 25, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-3970
CVE-2018-3970
Description
An exploitable memory disclosure vulnerability exists in the 0x222000 IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744. A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to return uninitialized memory, resulting in kernel memory disclosure. An attacker can send an IRP request to trigger this vulnerability.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:hitmanpro.alert:3.7.6.744:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
2- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0635nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105743nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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