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CVE-2020-15603 — Trendmicro Antivirus+ 2020 security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.8

An invalid memory read vulnerability in a Trend Micro Secuity 2020 (v16.0.0.1302 and below) consumer family of products' driver could allow an attacker to manipulate the specific driver to do a system call operation with an invalid address, resulting in a potential system crash.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (2.0)
Published
2020-07-15
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Affected products

  • trendmicro / antivirus+_2020
  • trendmicro / internet_security_2020
  • trendmicro / maximum_security_2020
  • trendmicro / premium_security_2020

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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