CVE-2019-6492
SmartDefragDriver.sys (2.0) in IObit Smart Defrag 6 never frees an executable kernel pool that is...
SmartDefragDriver.sys (2.0) in IObit Smart Defrag 6 never frees an executable kernel pool that is allocated with user defined bytes and size when IOCTL 0x9C401CC4 is called. This kernel pointer can be leaked if the kernel pool becomes a "big" pool.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
SmartDefragDriver.sys (2.0) in IObit Smart Defrag 6 never frees an executable kernel pool that is allocated with user defined bytes and size when IOCTL 0x9C401CC4 is called. This kernel pointer can be leaked if the kernel pool becomes a "big" pool.
- Record
CVE-2019-6492- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SmartDefragDriver.sys (2.0) in IObit Smart Defrag 6 never frees an executable kernel pool that is allocated with user defined bytes and size when IOCTL 0x9C401CC4 is called. This kernel pointer can be leaked if the kernel pool becomes a "big" pool.
- Record
CVE-2019-6492- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-16052 No score
SmartDefragDriver.sys (2.0) in IObit Smart Defrag 6 never frees an executable kernel pool that is allocated with user defined bytes and size when IOCTL 0x9C401CC4 is called. This kernel pointer can be leaked if the kernel pool becomes a "big" pool.
- Record
EUVD-2019-16052- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8q26-hf33-vm3w
SmartDefragDriver.sys (2.0) in IObit Smart Defrag 6 never frees an executable kernel pool that is...
SmartDefragDriver.sys (2.0) in IObit Smart Defrag 6 never frees an executable kernel pool that is allocated with user defined bytes and size when IOCTL 0x9C401CC4 is called. This kernel pointer can be leaked if the kernel pool becomes a "big" pool.
- Record
GHSA-8q26-hf33-vm3w- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-6492 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Iobit Smart Defrag, published March 18, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.