Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-1096

Memory Safety in Filseclab Twister Antivirus 8.17

Memory Safety
Published
13 February 2024
Modified
17 June 2026
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 0.0020 10th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-1096 is a medium-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Filseclab Twister Antivirus. 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 10th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Twister Antivirus v8.17 is vulnerable to a Denial of Service vulnerability by triggering the 0x80112067, 0x801120CB 0x801120CC 0x80112044, 0x8011204B, 0x8011204F, 0x80112057, 0x8011205B, 0x8011205F, 0x80112063, 0x8011206F, 0x80112073, 0x80112077, 0x80112078, 0x8011207C and 0x80112080 IOCTL codes of the fildds.sys driver.

CWE(s)
CWE-476

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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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability in the Twister Antivirus kernel driver (fildds.sys) allows local low-privileged attackers to trigger a BSOD via specific IOCTL codes, enabling Endpoint Denial of Service through application or system exploitation.

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Affected Assets

filseclab
twister antivirus
8.17

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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