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CVE-2018-18537 (GCVE-0-2018-18537)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-26 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:15
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Summary
The GLCKIo low-level driver in ASUS Aura Sync v1.07.22 and earlier exposes a path to write an arbitrary DWORD to an arbitrary address.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-12-18 00:00
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