CVE-2026-16005 PUBLISHED

Assigner: ASUS
Reserved: 17.07.2026 Published: 08.09.2026 Updated: 08.09.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.8

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	High	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	ASUS
Product	Armoury Crate
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 6.5.7 (incl.)

Credits

vladimirelitokarev@gmail.com finder
beta_b0t@yahoo.com finder
geraldlim619@gmail.com finder

References

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

Problem Types

CWE-763: Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference CWE