CVE-2022-44898

high

Description

The MsIo64.sys component in Asus Aura Sync through v1.07.79 does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0x80102040, 0x80102044, 0x80102050, and 0x80102054, allowing attackers to trigger a memory corruption and cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or escalate privileges via crafted IOCTL requests.

References

https://www.asus.com/content/ASUS-Product-Security-Advisory/

https://www.asus.com/campaign/aura/us/download.php

https://heegong.github.io/posts/ASUS-AuraSync-Kernel-Stack-Based-Buffer-Overflow-Local-Privilege-Escalation/

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174447/MsIo64-LOLDriver-Memory-Corruption.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-12-14

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00049