CVE-2018-10828

Published May 9, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
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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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-2897 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:46 AM
Reserved
May 8, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 9, 2018, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:34 AM