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Medium · 4.7 Public exploit CVE-2021-42205 EUVD-2021-29187GHSA-rpr6-4jj7-qxhw

ELAN Miniport touchpad Windows driver before 24.21.51.2, as used in PC hardware from multiple manufacturers, allows local users to cause a …

Published Nov 7, 2022 · Updated May 2, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

ELAN Miniport touchpad Windows driver before 24.21.51.2, as used in PC hardware from multiple manufacturers, allows local users to cause a system crash by sending a certain IOCTL request, because that request is handled twice.

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • gmh5225/CVE-2021-42205 ★ 0 · Jan 1, 2023

    ELAN Miniport touchpad Windows driver before 24.21.51.2, as used in PC hardware from multiple manufacturers, allows local users to cause a system crash by sending a certain IOCTL request, because tha…

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