CVE-2019-1010208 — IDRIX, Truecrypt Veracrypt, Truecrypt Prior to 1

IDRIX, Truecrypt Veracrypt, Truecrypt Prior to 1.23-Hotfix-1 (Veracrypt), all versions (Truecrypt) is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: Minor information disclosure of kernel stack. The component is: Veracrypt NT Driver (veracrypt.sys). The attack vector is: Locally ex

01What is this vulnerability?

IDRIX, Truecrypt Veracrypt, Truecrypt Prior to 1.23-Hotfix-1 (Veracrypt), all versions (Truecrypt) is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: Minor information disclosure of kernel stack. The component is: Veracrypt NT Driver (veracrypt.sys). The attack vector is: Locally executed code, IOCTL request to driver. The fixed version is: 1.23-Hotfix-1.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
IDRIX, Truecrypt	Veracrypt, Truecrypt	Prior to 1.23-Hotfix-1 (Veracrypt), all versions (Truecrypt) [fixed: 1.23-Hotfix-1]

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-07-23T13:12:38.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T03:07:18.517Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt/commit/f30f9339c9a0b9bbcc6f5ad38804af39db…