CWE-781: Improper Address Validation in IOCTL with METHOD_NEITHER I/O Control Code

Description

The product defines an IOCTL that uses METHOD_NEITHER for I/O, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates the addresses that are provided.

Submission Date :

July 15, 2009, midnight

Modification Date :

2023-06-29 00:00:00+00:00

Organization :

MITRE
Extended Description

When an IOCTL uses the METHOD_NEITHER option for I/O control, it is the responsibility of the IOCTL to validate the addresses that have been supplied to it. If validation is missing or incorrect, attackers can supply arbitrary memory addresses, leading to code execution or a denial of service.

Related Weaknesses

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CWE-782: Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control
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CWE-822: Untrusted Pointer Dereference
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CWE-1285: Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input
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