CVE-2024-8159
Deep Freeze 9.00.020.5760 - Out-of-bounds read
Deep Freeze 9.00.020.5760 is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability by triggering the 0x70014 IOCTL code of the FarDisk.sys driver.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Deep Freeze 9.00.020.5760 - Out-of-bounds read
Deep Freeze 9.00.020.5760 is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability by triggering the 0x70014 IOCTL code of the FarDisk.sys driver.
- Record
CVE-2024-8159- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-48984
Deep Freeze 9.00.020.5760 is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability by triggering the 0x70014 IOCTL code of the FarDisk.sys driver.
- Record
EUVD-2024-48984- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8hwq-h6q5-348p
Deep Freeze 9.00.020.5760 is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability by triggering the...
Deep Freeze 9.00.020.5760 is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability by triggering the 0x70014 IOCTL code of the FarDisk.sys driver.
- Record
GHSA-8hwq-h6q5-348p- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Deep Freeze 9.00.020.5760 is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability by triggering the 0x70014 IOCTL code of the FarDisk.sys driver.
- Record
CVE-2024-8159- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-8159 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Faronics Deepfreeze, published October 3, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.