CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2024-12662 — A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IObit Advanced SystemCare Utimate up to 17.0.0

Medium CVSS 6.8

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IObit Advanced SystemCare Utimate up to 17.0.0. This affects the function 0x8001E040 in the library AscRegistryFilter.sys of the component IOCTL Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.8 (4.0)
Published
2024-12-16
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-404, CWE-476

Affected products

  • iobit / advanced_systemcare_ultimate

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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