CVE-2018-10828
ApMsgFwd.exe allows the current user to map and write to the "ApMsgFwd File Mapping Object" section.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.32% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 10 May 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- alps/pointing-device driver
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-25654
- https://github.com/SouhailHammou/Exploits/blob/master/CVE-2018-10828/apmsgfwd_exploit_dos.cThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44610/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-25654
- https://github.com/SouhailHammou/Exploits/blob/master/CVE-2018-10828/apmsgfwd_exploit_dos.cThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44610/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.