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CVE-2022-44898

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-12-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

• ASUS AURA SYNC: through 1.07.79

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174447/MsIo64-LOLDriver-Memory-Corruption.html
• https://heegong.github.io/posts/ASUS-AuraSync-Kernel-Stack-Based-Buffer-Overflow-Local-Privilege-Escalation/
• https://www.asus.com/campaign/aura/us/download.php
• https://www.asus.com/content/ASUS-Product-Security-Advisory/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174447/MsIo64-LOLDriver-Memory-Corruption.html
• https://heegong.github.io/posts/ASUS-AuraSync-Kernel-Stack-Based-Buffer-Overflow-Local-Privilege-Escalation/
• https://www.asus.com/campaign/aura/us/download.php
• https://www.asus.com/content/ASUS-Product-Security-Advisory/

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