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critical 9.3

CVE-2018-3990 json

An exploitable pool corruption vulnerability exists in the 0x8200E804 IOCTL handler functionality of WIBU-SYSTEMS WibuKey.sys Version 6.40…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-15776

cvss
9.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An exploitable pool corruption vulnerability exists in the 0x8200E804 IOCTL handler functionality of WIBU-SYSTEMS WibuKey.sys Version 6.40 (Build 2400). A specially crafted IRP request can cause a buffer overflow, resulting in kernel memory corruption and, potentially, privilege escalation. An attacker can send an IRP request to trigger this vulnerability.

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-19-043-03 updated cvss 9.3

WIBU SYSTEMS AG WibuKey Digital Rights Management (Update D)

  • WIBU-SYSTEMS AG COPA-DATA straton workbench <= 9.2 WIBU-SYSTEMS AG COPA-DATA zenon products <= 7.20 (7.50 and 7.60 may also be affected if WibuKey was installed manually) WIBU-SYSTEMS AG Phoenix Contact MEVIEW3 <= 3.14.25, 3.15.18 WIBU-SYSTEMS AG Siemens SICAM 230 <= 7.20 WIBU-SYSTEMS AG Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA 3.14 < P025 WIBU-SYSTEMS AG Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA 3.15 < P018
    +3 more products
    WIBU-SYSTEMS AG Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA 3.16 < P007 WIBU-SYSTEMS AG Siemens SISHIP EMCS IMAC IPMS WIBU-SYSTEMS AG Sprecher Automation SPRECON-V460 products <= 7.20 (7.50 and 7.60 may also be affected if WibuKey was installed manually)
    affected: fixed in 6.50a winccoa.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • talosintelligence.com https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0658 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 9.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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