CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-47789

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Yenkee Hornet Gaming Mouse driver GM312Fltr.sys contains a buffer overrun vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the system by sending oversized input. Attackers can exploit the driver by sending a 2000-byte buffer through DeviceIoControl to trigger a kernel-level system crash.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that an attacker can cause a denial of service (system crash) remotely or locally, disrupting operations and causing downtime.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the driver to a patched version and restrict access to the driver to trusted users only.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Yenkee Hornet Gaming Mouse driver GM312Fltr.sys contains a buffer overrun vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the system by sending oversized input. Attackers can exploit the driver by sending a 2000-byte buffer through DeviceIoControl to trigger a kernel-level system crash.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS