Description
GEAR Software products that include GEARAspiWDM.sys, 2.2.5.0, allow local users to cause a denial of service (Race Condition and BSoD on Windows) by not checking that user-mode memory is available right before writing to it. A check is only performed at the beginning of a long subroutine.
Public exploits
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GitHub 1 repository
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DownWithUp/CVE-2018-15499 ★ 11 · Aug 21, 2018
PoC code for CVE-2018-15499 (exploit race condition for BSoD)
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