CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-1677

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Published: Mar 28, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability was found in DriverGenius 9.70.0.346. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function 0x9c40a0c8/0x9c40a0dc/0x9c40a0e0/0x9c40a0d8/0x9c4060d4/0x9c402004/0x9c402088/0x9c40208c/0x9c4060d0/0x9c4060cc/0x9c4060c4/0x9c402084 in the library mydrivers64.sys of the component IOCTL Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-224234 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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Drivergenius Drivergenius 9.70.0.346 (including) 9.70.0.346 (including)

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.

References