Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-0430

Memory Safety in Iobit Malware Fighter 11.0.0.1274

Public PoCMemory Safety
Published
22 January 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0024 15th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-0430 is a medium-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Iobit Malware Fighter. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 15th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IObit Malware Fighter v11.0.0.1274 is vulnerable to a Denial of Service vulnerability by triggering the 0x8001E00C IOCTL code of the ImfHpRegFilter.sys driver.

CWE(s)
CWE-476NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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T1685 Disable or Modify Tools Defense Impairment
Adversaries may disable, degrade, or tamper with security tools or applications (e.
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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability allows local low-privileged attackers to trigger a BSOD via IOCTL exploitation in the security software's kernel driver, enabling endpoint DoS through application/system exploitation (T1499.004) and impairing defenses by disabling/modifying security tools (T1562.001).

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Affected Assets

iobit
malware fighter
11.0.0.1274

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices (static analysis, code review, safe coding standards) directly prevent NULL dereference bugs during development.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
detects

Security testing can detect NULL dereference defects before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates defensive coding practices that can prevent NULL dereferences.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can specify input validation and pointer-safety rules.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage defensive design that avoids unsafe pointer use.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly require NULL-pointer checks and safe dereference patterns.

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