CVE-2018-15733

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—

An issue was discovered in STOPzilla AntiMalware 6.5.2.59. The driver file szkg64.sys contains a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability due to not validating the size of the output buffer value from IOCtl 0x80002028.

CVSS

Version: 3.0
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base score: 5.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.43%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 35
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Stopzilla — Antimalware

CWEs

CWE-476

References

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