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CVE-2018-10828

An issue was discovered in Alps Pointing-device Driver 10.1.101.207.

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
AlpsPointing-Device Driver
Version 10.1.101.207

Weakness classification

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