5.8

CVE-2026-16005: asus armoury crate Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

CVSS: 5.8v4.0MediumDeferred
Published 08-09-2026Last modified 17-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-16005 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in asus armoury crate. EPSS estimates a 0.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.8/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.09%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference in Armoury Crate driver allows a local user to free arbitrary memory via a crafted IOCTL request by bypassing the driver's verification, which can corrupt data structures and cause a system crash (BSOD).Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App  ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

0%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.09% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.09%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Asus1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links