{"id":"CVE-2017-18019","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-18019","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:59.592Z","title":"In K7 Total Security before 15.1.0.305, user-controlled input to the K7Sentry device is not sufficiently sanitized: the user-controlled input can be used to compare an arbitrary memory address with a fixed value, which in turn can be used to read the…","description":"In K7 Total Security before 15.1.0.305, user-controlled input to the K7Sentry device is not sufficiently sanitized: the user-controlled input can be used to compare an arbitrary memory address with a fixed value, which in turn can be used to read the contents of arbitrary memory. Similarly, the product crashes upon a \\\\.\\K7Sentry DeviceIoControl call with an invalid kernel pointer.","published":"2018-01-04T04:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:12:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["k7computing/total security"],"epss":{"score":0.01242,"percentile":0.69036,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-10-23","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44046,"kind":"exploit","title":"K7 Total Security 15.1.0.305 - Device Driver Arbitrary Memory Read","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44046","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/44046.md","file":"exploits/windows/dos/44046.md","published":"2017-10-23","added":"2018-02-15","updated":"2018-02-15","author":"SecuriTeam","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-18019"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3435"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3435","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3435","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18019","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}