CVE-2017-17701

Critical

Published: 15/12/2017(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

K7 Antivirus 15.1.0309 has a vulnerability related to NULL pointer dereference in K7Sentry.sys version 15.1.0.59, which can be triggered by a DeviceIoControl request with code 0x950025c8.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause system crashes or execute unauthorized code, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update K7 Antivirus to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for potential exploitation attempts.

Original NVD description (English source)

K7Sentry.sys 15.1.0.59 in K7 Antivirus 15.1.0309 has a NULL pointer dereference via a 0x950025c8 DeviceIoControl request.