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CVE-2026-16005

MEDIUM
5.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 8, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
Updated: September 17, 2026 at 09:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorArmoury Crate

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Severity
MEDIUM5.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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 (BSOD).Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App  ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: cverecord
https://www.asus.com/security-advisory

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.8MEDIUMASUS
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-763

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