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CVE-2017-15303

In CPUID CPU-Z before 1.43, there is an arbitrary memory write that results directly in elevation of privileges, because any program running on the local machine (while CPU-Z is running) can issue an ioctl 0x9C402430 call to the kernel-mode driver (e.g., cpuz141_x64.sys for version 1.41).

  • Published: Oct 16, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-15303
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.3
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
cpuid / cpu-z - 1.42.x