CVE-2023-1638

A vulnerability was found in IObit Malware Fighter 9.4.0.776. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function 0x8001E024/0x8001E040 in the library ImfRegistryFilter.sys of the component IOCTL Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-224018 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
• For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/131.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/494.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/496.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/666.html

References

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_jYlCkQMNaUwGV5QJtyz4zhdTqaGCv6Z/view
• https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1638
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.224018
• https://vuldb.com/?id.224018