CVE-2021-44968
A Use after Free vulnerability exists in IOBit Advanced SystemCare 15 pro via requests sent in...
A Use after Free vulnerability exists in IOBit Advanced SystemCare 15 pro via requests sent in sequential order using the IOCTL driver codes, which could let a malicious user execute arbitrary code or a Denial of Service (system crash). IOCTL list: iobit_ioctl = [0x8001e01c, 0x8001e020, 0x8001e024, 0x8001e040,0x8001e044, 0x8001e048, 0x8001e04c, 0x8001e000, 0x8001e004, 0x8001e008, 0x8001e00c, 0x8001e010, 0x8001e014, 0x8001e018]
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A Use after Free vulnerability exists in IOBit Advanced SystemCare 15 pro via requests sent in sequential order using the IOCTL driver codes, which could let a malicious user execute arbitrary code or a Denial of Service (system crash). IOCTL list: iobit_ioctl = [0x8001e01c, 0x8001e020, 0x8001e024, 0x8001e040,0x8001e044, 0x8001e048, 0x8001e04c, 0x8001e000, 0x8001e004, 0x8001e008, 0x8001e00c, 0x8001e010, 0x8001e014, 0x8001e018]
- Record
CVE-2021-44968- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A Use after Free vulnerability exists in IOBit Advanced SystemCare 15 pro via requests sent in sequential order using the IOCTL driver codes, which could let a malicious user execute arbitrary code or a Denial of Service (system crash). IOCTL list: iobit_ioctl = [0x8001e01c, 0x8001e020, 0x8001e024, 0x8001e040,0x8001e044, 0x8001e048, 0x8001e04c, 0x8001e000, 0x8001e004, 0x8001e008, 0x8001e00c, 0x8001e010, 0x8001e014, 0x8001e018]
- Record
CVE-2021-44968- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-31766 No score
A Use after Free vulnerability exists in IOBit Advanced SystemCare 15 pro via requests sent in sequential order using the IOCTL driver codes, which could let a malicious user execute arbitrary code or a Denial of Service (system crash). IOCTL list: iobit_ioctl = [0x8001e01c, 0x8001e020, 0x8001e024, 0x8001e040,0x8001e044, 0x8001e048, 0x8001e04c, 0x8001e000, 0x8001e004, 0x8001e008, 0x8001e00c, 0x8001e010, 0x8001e014, 0x8001e018]
- Record
EUVD-2021-31766- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7827-pcxj-hcmr No score
A Use after Free vulnerability exists in IOBit Advanced SystemCare 15 pro via requests sent in...
A Use after Free vulnerability exists in IOBit Advanced SystemCare 15 pro via requests sent in sequential order using the IOCTL driver codes, which could let a malicious user execute arbitrary code or a Denial of Service (system crash). IOCTL list: iobit_ioctl = [0x8001e01c, 0x8001e020, 0x8001e024, 0x8001e040,0x8001e044, 0x8001e048, 0x8001e04c, 0x8001e000, 0x8001e004, 0x8001e008, 0x8001e00c, 0x8001e010, 0x8001e014, 0x8001e018]
- Record
GHSA-7827-pcxj-hcmr- Weakness
- CWE-416
- 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-2021-44968 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Iobit Advanced Systemcare, published February 18, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.