High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 25, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-3971
CVE-2018-3971
Description
An exploitable arbitrary write vulnerability exists in the 0x2222CC IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744. A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to write data under controlled by an attacker address, resulting in memory corruption. An attacker can send 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-2018-0636nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105743nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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