CVE-2026-16005CWE-763

CVE-2026-16005

published September 8, 2026

CVSS
5.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
0.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference in Armoury Crate driver allows a local user to free arbitrary memory via a crafted IOCTL request by bypassing the driver's verification, which can corrupt data structures and cause a system crash (BSOD).Refer to the '

Security Update for Armoury Crate App  ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
5.8 · NONE
CVSS v4.0
5.8 · CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00090 · 0.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-763 · Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference
Published
2026-09-08T07:17Z
References (1)
https://www.asus.com/security-advisory · 54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 SEP 03:18Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 08 SEP 02:02Z
    Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference in Armoury Crate driver allows a local user to free arbitrary memory via a crafted IOCTL request by bypassing the…
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