CVE-2018-3661: intel corporation system configuration utilities

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-3661 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in intel corporation system configuration utilities. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 15-05-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in Intel system Configuration utilities selview.exe and syscfg.exe before version 14 build 11 allows a local user to crash these services potentially resulting in a denial of service.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.