VB-Audio Matrix Drivers Local Privilege Escalation via Kernel Memory Exposure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
VB-Audio Matrix and Matrix Coconut (versions ending in 1.0.2.2 and 2.0.2.2 and earlier, respectively), contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the VBMatrix VAIO virtual audio driver (vbmatrixvaio64*_win10.sys). The driver allocates a 128-byte non-paged pool buffer and, upon receiving IOCTL 0x222060, maps it into user space using an MDL and MmMapLockedPagesSpecifyCache. Because the allocation size is not page-aligned, the mapping exposes the entire 0x1000-byte kernel page containing the buffer plus adjacent non-paged pool allocations with read/write permissions. An unprivileged local attacker can open a device handle (using the required 0x800 attribute flag), invoke the IOCTL to obtain the mapping, and then read or modify live kernel objects and pointers present on that page. This enables bypass of KASLR, arbitrary kernel memory read/write within the exposed page, corruption of kernel objects, and escalation to SYSTEM.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VB-Audio Software | Matrix | up to 1.0.2.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| VB-Audio Software | Matrix Coconut | up to 2.0.2.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Matrix VendorVB-Audio Software Affected up to 1.0.2.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Matrix Coconut VendorVB-Audio Software Affected up to 2.0.2.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-23763
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3hvj-ch28-p4x7
References
More VB-Audio Software vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-19135 VB-Audio Voicemeeter & Matrix Drivers DoS via MmMapLockedPagesSpecifyCache CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-19134 VB-Audio Voicemeeter & Matrix Drivers DoS via Improper FILE_OBJECT FsContext Initialization CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-19137 VB-Audio Voicemeeter & Matrix Drivers DoS via Corrupted IoAllocateMdl Length CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-23763 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-23763 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3hvj-ch28-p4x7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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