Vulnerability · Published Sep 8, 2026 · Assigned by ASUS
CVE-2026-16005
Medium 5.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Armoury Crate from ASUS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ASUS | Armoury Crate | through 6.5.7 |
Weakness: CWE-763 · 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