CVE-2026-40572 PUBLISHED

NovumOS has Arbitrary Memory Mapping via Syscall 15 (MemoryMapRange)

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 14.04.2026 Published: 18.04.2026 Updated: 18.04.2026

NovumOS is a custom 32-bit operating system written in Zig and x86 Assembly. In versions prior to 0.24, Syscall 15 (MemoryMapRange) allows Ring 3 user-mode processes to map arbitrary virtual address ranges into their address space without validating against forbidden regions, including critical kernel structures such as the IDT, GDT, TSS, and page tables. A local attacker can exploit this to modify kernel interrupt handlers, resulting in privilege escalation from user mode to kernel context. This issue has been fixed in version 0.24.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 9

Product Status

Vendor MinecAnton209
Product NovumOS
Versions
  • Version < 0.24 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management CWE