Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-08
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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References
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History

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
First Time appeared Asus
Asus armoury Crate
Weaknesses CWE-763
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:asus:armoury_crate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Asus
Asus armoury Crate
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': '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'}

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Asus Armoury Crate
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ASUS

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-08T02:02:23.965Z

Reserved: 2026-07-17T03:32:51.198Z

Link: CVE-2026-16005

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-08T03:17:17.797

Modified: 2026-09-08T03:17:17.797

Link: CVE-2026-16005

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-763

    Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference