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Vulnerability · CVE-2018-5713

malwarefox anti-malware Improper Input Validation

Published May 2, 2023 · catalog updated May 2, 2023 · malwarefox anti-malware Improper Input

Patch now

CVE-2018-5713 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm malwarefox anti-malware Improper Input against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.06%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor malwarefox anti-malware

In Malwarefox Anti-Malware 2.72.169, the driver file (zam64.sys) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x80002010.

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  • vendor malwarefox anti-malwareversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2018-5713

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2018-5713 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm malwarefox anti-malware Improper Input against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.06%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 2, 2023 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    In Malwarefox Anti-Malware 2.72.169, the driver file (zam64.sys) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x80002010.

  2. May 2, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-5713

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-5713

    30-day exploitation probability 1.1%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-5713

    In Malwarefox Anti-Malware 2.72.169, the driver file (zam64.sys) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x80002010.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.