{"id":"CVE-2026-16005","title":"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 (…","summary":"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 (…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.8,"cvssVector":"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","cwe":["CWE-763"],"vendor":"ASUS","product":"Armoury Crate","affected":["armoury_crate <= 6.5.7"],"published":"2026-09-08","updated":"2026-09-17","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-17T09:16:39.767","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16005","references":[{"url":"https://www.asus.com/security-advisory","label":"54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.0009,"epssPercentile":0.00508,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-08T14:22:49.343563Z"},"cvssSource":"cna","ingestedAt":"2026-09-08T15:33:26.981Z","slug":"CVE-2026-16005","body":"## Overview\n\nRelease 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 '\nSecurity Update for Armoury Crate App  ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":32,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":31.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}