{"id":"CVE-2018-10828","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-10828","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:12:26.346Z","title":"ApMsgFwd.exe allows the current user to map and write to the \"ApMsgFwd File Mapping Object\" section.","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.","published":"2018-05-09T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:34:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["alps/pointing-device driver"],"epss":{"score":0.0132,"percentile":0.70699,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-05-10","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44610,"kind":"exploit","title":"Dell Touchpad - 'ApMsgFwd.exe' Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44610","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/44610.c","file":"exploits/windows/dos/44610.c","published":"2018-05-10","added":"2018-05-10","updated":"2018-05-10","author":"Souhail Hammou","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-10828"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-25654","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/SouhailHammou/Exploits/blob/master/CVE-2018-10828/apmsgfwd_exploit_dos.c","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44610/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-25654","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/SouhailHammou/Exploits/blob/master/CVE-2018-10828/apmsgfwd_exploit_dos.c","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44610/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10828","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."}